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Can Oregon Democrats Learn From B.C.'s Conservative-Backed Carbon Tax?


Originally published on May 10, 2021 4:55 am
In 2019 and again in 2020, Oregon Republicans walked out of the state Legislature to prevent a vote on cap-and-trade climate bills. The legislation was meant to drive down the state’s carbon emissions, but Republicans feared the bills would place the greatest burden of higher fuel prices on sparsely populated rural communities.
In 2008, the center-right party in British Columbia, actually named the Liberal Party, created a carbon tax to reduce emissions. More than a decade later, it has helped lower emissions without disproportionately hurting rural B.C. residents.
This year, climate legislation remains a tense topic of debate in Pacific Northwest politics. Why has a carbon pricing program worked in British Columbia but not in Oregon? ....

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Oregon Democrats try to learn from British Columbia's carbon tax


Oregon Democrats try to learn from British Columbia’s carbon tax
B.C.’s tax was backed by conservatives and cut emissions without harming rural communities. Can it work elsewhere?
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A man on stilts wears state of Jefferson regalia at a Timber Unity rally in front of the Oregon Capitol in Salem, Feb. 6, 2020. (Bradley W. Parks/OPB)
This report is contributed by Jefferson Public Radio, a partner in Getting to Zero, InvestigateWest’s yearlong  reporting initiative.
In 2019 and again in 2020, Oregon Republicans walked out of the state Legislature to prevent a vote on cap-and-trade climate bills. The legislation was meant to drive down the state’s carbon emissions, but Republicans feared the bills would place the greatest burden of higher fuel prices on sparsely populated rural communities.  ....

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Can Oregon Democrats learn from B.C.'s carbon tax?


Can Oregon Democrats learn from B.C.’s carbon tax?
By ERIK NEUMANNMay 12, 2021 GMT
In 2019 and again in 2020, Oregon Republicans walked out of the state Legislature to prevent a vote on cap-and-trade climate bills. The legislation was meant to drive down the state’s carbon emissions, but Republicans feared the bills would place the greatest burden of higher fuel prices on sparsely populated rural communities.
In 2008, the center-right party in British Columbia, actually named the Liberal Party, created a carbon tax to reduce emissions. More than a decade later, it has helped lower emissions without disproportionately hurting rural B.C. residents. ....

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Can Oregon Democrats learn from B.C.'s conservative-backed carbon tax?


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After two years of defeat in Salem, carbon pricing still lacks support from business and rural interests.
This report is contributed by Jefferson Public Radio, a partner in Getting to Zero, InvestigateWest’s yearlong reporting initiative.
In 2019 and again in 2020, Oregon Republicans walked out of the state Legislature to prevent a vote on  
cap and trade  climate bills. The legislation was meant to drive down the state’s carbon emissions, but Republicans feared the bills would place the greatest burden of higher fuel prices on sparsely populated rural communities. ....

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