By Jake Goldstein-Street | Reporter
Washington is one step away from joining the California-Quebec carbon market. Yesterday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom took the stage at Climate Week in New York City to announce his required authorization to bring Washington into the market.
Also in today’s edition…
• Young voters and voters of color are more likely to have their ballots challenged.
• A court ruling on the placement of transgender prisoners.
• And, a roundup of ballot measures on taxes across the nation.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses Washington’s soon-to-be participation in a joint carbon market shared with Quebec at Climate Week in New York City. (Photo courtesy of the Washington State Department of Ecology)
By Aspen Ford
Washington state officials can now sit back and wait. Yesterday, they completed the rulemaking process, a final step that California and Quebec will need to finish before linkage can happen.
“By joining forces with our partner in Washington state, we will build a stronger, more durable carbon market that will drive investment, cut pollution and power the clean economy of the future,” said Newsom, a Democrat.
Large polluters covered under Washington’s program have navigated an uncertain market with widely fluctuating prices since it launched in 2023. Hopes are high that the linkage will stabilize allowance prices once joint auctions begin in 2027.
By Jake Goldstein-Street
In general elections between 2020 and 2025, young voters and voters of color in Washington had their ballots rejected more often than their older and white counterparts, according to researchers from the University of Washington. This has a downstream effect, as voters who see their ballots rejected are less likely to cast votes in the future.
By Shaanth Nanguneri
Oregon does not need to presume transgender women should be housed in women’s prisons and may continue to make case-by-case placement decisions that have allowed most of them to remain in custody with men, a federal appeals court ruled last week.
By Anna Claire Vollers
Washington is one of at least nine states where voters will decide whether to cut, cap or raise taxes through ballot measures that will give them a direct hand in steering state tax policy in a conservative or progressive direction. Some states, like Washington, will weigh whether to tax — or untax — their wealthiest residents. Others, such as Florida, are considering a myriad of mostly conservative-backed measures to cut property or income taxes.
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