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October 11, 2016

Carbon tax here would be 1st in U.S.

  • But some major environmental groups oppose Initiative 732 saying it takes the wrong approach.
    • By PHUONG LE
    Associated Press

    Washington lawmakers have tried and failed in recent years to make polluters pay for their carbon emissions to fight climate change. Now, voters will get to decide.

    An initiative on the November ballot asks voters whether the state should impose the nation's first direct carbon tax on the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and gasoline.


     
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