Update: cap and trade
Update: cap and trade
Ed Orcutt
State Representative, 18th District
The governor’s cap and trade proposal, House Bill 1819, passed the House Ecology and Parks Committee this week. Here are a couple things that I like to keep in mind as I talk to my colleagues about why we don’t need this job-killing legislation:
* Washington is one of the lowest producers of CO2 in the nation with only three-tenths of one percent of global emissions. Of that total amount, a majority of our emissions are due to automobiles on the highways. Trying to place punitive and costly restrictions on manufacturing and energy-producing businesses makes no sense.
* It would take just 50 days for China’s growth in CO2 emissions to equal Washington’s emission for an entire year.
* Now is not the time to add costs and burdens to Washington businesses. Doing so will force companies out of business or to move to other states.
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