The problem is both sides. If the right says carbon taxes are acceptable, why hasn't the left jumped on board? They could even propose that it be made progress

The problem is both sides. If the right says carbon taxes are acceptable, why hasn't the left jumped on board? They could even propose that it be made progressive by redistributing the tax proceeds as a tax credit inversely proportional to income, because supposedly poorer people are affected more (higher cooling costs, more exposure to pollution, etc). The point of a carbon tax is to reduce carbon emissions, not provide funding to government or be a UBI, so how it is returned to the population is completely separated from the programs goals. And in this case, it would be a double-win: conservatives pass a solution without a ton of regulations, and the left passes a solution that's helps the poor. What we need is a coming together to find a solution that works for both sides and actually has a chance of making progress. But what we get is name calling and grandstanding. The left proposes solutions they know the right won't even consider, and the right argues the problem doesn't exist. Both sides are in the wrong here. Perhaps the right is a little more problematic, but both sides are dogmatic and apparently incapable of talking about the problem rationally.