Exxon Mobil Corp. is ramping up its lobbying of other energy companies to support a carbon tax, marking a shift in the oil giant’s approach to climate change as the industry faces growing pressure to address the politically charged issue.

Florida will be this nation's No. 1 victim of climate change. Water is already pooling in streets of cities like Coral Gables and Miami Beach. We can expect that problem to spread, and scientists tell us that Florida also can look forward to higher temperatures, beach erosion, saltwater in the Biscayne Aquifer, greater risk of health problems such as the Zika virus, stronger hurricanes, and weather extremes of all kinds.

Beginning Tuesday and running until the end of the Republican National Convention in July, the most widely circulated print newspaper in the United States will run a series of ads calling out its own bias against climate change.

The Wall Street Journal’s editorial pages may be the beating heart of climate-change skepticism, but the newspaper apparently was willing to entertain an alternative view — for a price. The leading business newspaper is letting an obscure environmental group challenge the Journal editorial page’s orthodoxy on the issue, although it will cost the group thousands of extra dollars to run its kickoff ad on the page.

The editorial page of The Wall Street Journal is notorious for its climate denial. It frequently publishes opinion pieces like this one comparing climate activism to the Inquisition, or this one arguing that the evidence of climate change is based on faulty data. But the page is willing to print other views — for a price.