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Washington Passed its Cap-and-Trade Climate Legislation. Now What? Levi Pulkkinen © (Ted S. Warren/AP) Washington Gov. Jay Inslee waits before signing a bill into law in Tukwila, Wash., Tuesday, May 4, 2021, that levies a new capital gains tax on high profit stocks, bonds and other assets for some residents of Washington state. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) SEATTLE—Washington state lawmakers have passed a sweeping set of environmental regulations meant to cut net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050 while pumping billions of dollars into the state coffers and addressing en...

Clean Fuel Washington Celebrates Legislature’s Final Passage of HB 1091, A Clean Fuel Standard No longer the missing link, Washington state completes the “Clean Fuel Coast” with low carbon fuel standards from Mexico though British Columbia April 25, 2021 21:18 ET | Source: Clean Fuel Washington Clean Fuel Washington OLYMPIA, Wash., April 25, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Clean Fuel Washington, an organization fighting to reduce pollution, address climate change and help grow our state’s economy celebrated the historic legislative victory to fight cli...

In Washington state, HB 1091. the Clean Fuel Standard has been passed by the legislature and now heads to Governor Jay Inslee’s desk for signature; it is a significant win for the Governor’s renewables agenda and for the clean fuels movement. From San Diego to the gateway to the Klondike, a clean curtain has descended across the gateway to the Pacific. Low-carbon fuel standards are now in place in California, Oregon, British Columbia and, shortly, in Washington state — creating a fortress of renewability, into which many of the Great cities of the Petroleum Age have taken themselves —...

BLOG When it comes to the cost of imposing a low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS), like the one proposed in HB 1091 in the Washington state legislature, backers present two lines of argument. Some argue the costs of an LCFS will continue to climb, and with them gas prices, as the restrictions become tighter and require an increase in biofuel supplies. Others argue imposing an LCFS will not increase prices for consumers. One biofuel lobbyist told the legislature not to worry, the LCFS wouldn’t increase prices. He called the claim that it would “a lie.” Ironically, both contradictory claims �...

by Nathalie Graham • Feb 10, 2021 at 9:45 am We could have clean refineries!!! KEVIN SCHAFER VIA GETTY IMAGES The low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) bill, HB 1091, could be headed to the House floor in a couple weeks. On Tuesday the bill cleared the House Appropriations Committee by a narrow margin, with 17 members voting aye and 16 voting naw. The vote largely fell along party lines, though Kirkland's road-loving Larry Springer voted no, and House Majority Leader Pat Sullivan (D-Covington) voted no without recommendation. Regardless of the narrow vo...