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Sen. Mitt Romney is stepping down from the Senate after two failed presidential bids.
The Utah Republican says he's done little to advance climate change in his high-profile role in the Senate .
He has endorsed the concept of a carbon tax, but didn't work hard to lobby members of his party to support it.
Climate Leadership Council CEO Greg Bertelsen said he knew for a fact Romney came to Washington looking to work on climate change.
By the end of his first year in office, he had joined a new bipartisan Senate Climate Solutions Caucus .
Romney also confirmed his interest in working on carbon tax legislation.
Rep. Scott Peters (D- Calif. ) has supported a carbon tax in the House .
Rep. Alex Flint , a former senior Senate Republican staffer, says Romney 's values appear to trend towards being responsible about issues like our fiscal condition and climate change.
Flint also strongly doubted there was anything Romney could have done, lamenting that the moment for a tax just has yet to arrive.
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