State's new Clean Fuel Standard takes aim at climate-changing pollution
EVERETT — A mammoth accounting ledger. A carrot-and-stick rule with a focus on incentives. However you describe it, Washington’s proposed Clean Fuel Standard has a simple goal: reducing vehicle-related carbon pollution, which accounts for almost 45% of statewide greenhouse gas emissions.
It is a flagship policy in Washington’s fight against climate change, said Joel Creswell, climate policy section manager for the Department of Ecology’s Air Quality Program.
The standard will apply only to fuel producers. Still, residents may want to take advantage of the chance this month to comment on the standard, which will be finalized this fall and goes into effect on Jan. 1. The stakes are high.
“We are all feeling the effects of climate change here in Washington,” Creswell said. “We have wildfire smoke, the winter ski season is getting less predictable, we have all kinds of climate events. We know we need to rein in greenhouse gases.”
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