Milestone carbon pollution plan rejected by Washington state voters
by Oliver Milman in New York and Emily Holden in Wash from on (#42F0Z)
Measure known as Initiative 1631 would have put a $15 fee on each ton of carbon dioxide emitted in the state
A milestone plan to impose America's first ever price on carbon pollution failed to win enough votes in Washington state, on a tough night for environmentalists who had pinned their hopes on a number of climate change-related ballot measures across the country.
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