Western U.S. States, British Columbia Agree on Carbon
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The governors of Oregon and Washington agreed to put a price on emissions and adopt fuel standards, bringing their efforts to cut greenhouse-gas pollution closer to those of California and British Columbia.
Under an accord signed yesterday by leaders of the three western U.S. states and the Canadian province, Oregon will build on existing programs to set a price for carbon and Washington will impose emissions limits and establish a market to meet those caps. British Columbia and California will maintain their current efforts, and all four will link up “where possible” to offer consistency.