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Washington governor proposes cap on carbon pollution

2014-12-17 14:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday proposed an ambitious cap-and-trade program to require the state's largest industrial polluters to pay for every ton of carbon they release. The proposal was part of a broader package that the Democrat said would help the state meet a 2008 mandate to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming. It sets an overall limit on heat-trapping gases similar to a program that California launched nearly three years ago. "It is primarily...

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