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November 6, 2018

Washington State Voters to Vote on Fee for Large Carbon Polluters
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In Washington state, voters will decide the fate of Initiative 1631, a
ballot measure that would make their state the first in the country to
enact a fee on carbon dioxide emissions. The measure would force
polluters to pay $15 per metric ton of carbon emitted starting in 2020,
with annual increases of $2 per ton until Washington meets its target
for greenhouse gas reductions. Fossil fuel interests have spent a record
amount-at least $32 million-to defeat the measure.


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