carbon pollution

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Several large natural gas utilities in Washington state are taking legal action against the state Department of Ecology over its recently-created Clean Air Act. Avista Corp., Cascade Natural Gas Corp., NW Natural and Puget Sound Energy jointly challenged the new rule Tuesday in federal court in Spokane...

SEATTLE (AP) — State and local regulators on Friday are releasing a sweeping review of a coal export terminal proposed along the Columbia River in southwest Washington. The analysis is expected to study impacts that extend well beyond the facility site in southwest Washington, from global-warming effects of burning the exported coal in Asia to rail impacts as the coal is from the Rockies throughou

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington secretary of state's office has officially certified an initiative to the Legislature that would tax carbon emissions. Secretary of State Kim Wyman certified the results for Initiative 732 on Tuesday. ...