Should more regulatory responsibility for carbon reduction fall on oil companies?

Oil field (Image: Flickr user johnny choura, used under CC license)Regulating carbon emissions from the oil and gas industry would allow the United States to reach its climate goals faster, argues a recent opinion piece by an oil industry veteran published in The Hill. Over 80% of U.S. carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions come from burning oil and natural gas, and 1.4 billion tons of emissions come from the manufacture...