Washington State’s Climate Change Fight: Clean Fuels Standards And Cap-And-Trade Program
By EsqSocial Corporation 08/06/21
Washington recently joined California, Oregon, and British Columbia in adopting a clean fuels standard that mandates reductions in greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions attributable to transportation fuels. In the final days before the close of the 2021 legislative session, the Washington state legislature passed House Bill 1091 directing the Department of Ecology (“the Department”) to implement such a program beginning no later than January 1, 2023......
By: Vinson & Elkins LLP