The House of Representatives in Olympia approved legislation requiring the Department of Ecology to reduce the only coal fired power plant in the state to cut emissions in half by 2025, and mandating other greenhouse gas reduction targets be met by 2020, including cuts in auto emissions and industrial emissions. Environmental groups criticized the House version of the bill for failing to include a carbon cap and trade system.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
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