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March 20, 2019

State Supreme Court hears case on carbon cap rule

  • Business groups say Ecology exceeded its authority by implementing new rules without legislative approval.
    • By RACHEL LA CORTE
    Associated Press

    OLYMPIA — The Washington Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on whether the state Department of Ecology has the authority to cap carbon pollution from major industrial emitters, something business groups and utilities have argued can only be done by the Legislature.

    The hearing came after a lower court judge blocked the Clean Air Rule, siding with the Association of Washington Business, utilities and others who sued after the Department of Ecology approved the rule in 2016.


     
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