‘Tricky’ Path Seen For Washington Link To California GHG Trading Program

June 14, 2021
The path for Washington state’s newly enacted greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program to eventually link to the larger California-Quebec trading system faces multiple hurdles, including ensuring that any connection complies with environmental justice (EJ) and equity-related provisions in the Washington law, according to officials. “The linkage issue is one of the many tricky aspects of cap and invest,” says one Washington legislative source, who points to specific sections in the state’s cap-and-trade law SB 5126 affecting the potential for linkage to...


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