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Washington State's cap-and-trade plan for carbon emitters
2014-12-21 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Olympian: At the heart of Gov. Jay Inslees climate-action and state budget plans is a cap-and-trade system that would charge potentially 130 major polluters for their emission of greenhouse gases. The goal is to make heavy emitters, including fuel refineries and fuel suppliers, pay for their releases of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas linked by scientists to global warming. Inslee hasnt set a price yet, but based on a similar California plan, the state could raise almost $1 billion a year with a price...
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