WA State Lawmakers Skeptical of Plan to Link Cap-and-Trade Program with California

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The Washington state Department of Ecology has announced it’s intent to pursue linking Washington’s cap-and-trade program with the larger California/Québec carbon market.

Ecology officials are hopeful it could lower prices for carbon dioxide emission allowances. But some state lawmakers believe it may have the opposite effect.

John Sattgast reports from Olympia.