DC: Why are these Republicans backing a carbon tax?

Elected Republicans flipped 180-degrees on the "carbon" agenda now that their preferred industry benefactors have figured out how to profit. Should those candidates be required to explain that change?

A couple weeks ago I outlined the whether North Dakota should look at adopting a North Dakota First Energy Policy:

Today, let’s examine the issue how how voters should react when their elected officials deviate or completely flip on position that was held for years.

This particular issue is brought to light by an article by Michael McKenna with the Daily Caller entitled: “Why are these Republicans backing a carbon tax?”

Last Thursday, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works reported legislation (the Prove It Act) that sets the stage and lays the foundation to impose a carbon dioxide tax on American families, workers, and consumers.

This new energy tax was voted out of committee 14-5, with four Republicans — Senator Kevin Cramer (from North Dakota, an energy producing state), Senator John Boozman (Arkansas), Senator Graham (South Carolina), and, most inexplicably, Senator Cynthia Lummis (from Wyoming, another state that produces energy) — joining ten Democrats to create this n…