A proposed fee of $15 per ton of carbon emissions in Washington state has several exemptions for large emitters, and has rural voters afraid they'll end up paying.
With just over a week before the Washington Legislature adjourns for the year, the question recurs: Will legislators make Washington the first state in the nation to tax greenhouse-gas emissions to fight climate change?
The proposed carbon tax, long sought by Gov. Jay Inslee, has cleared two state Senate committees and faces a floor vote in the Senate. Washington would be the first state to direct a tax at the source of greenhouse gases.
