The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. November 7, 2018 Washington Voters Reject Fee on Carbon Dioxide Pollution -------------------------------------------------------- And in Washington, voters rejected a ballot measure that would have made the state the first in the U.S. to levy a fee on carbon dioxide emissions. The fossil fuel industry spent a record amount-over $32 million-to defeat the carbon fee. .