Two state ballots to watch tonight

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Date

Nov. 6, 2018

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Media Highlight

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Axios Generate

"Washington State: Over at Resources For the Future, Robertson C. Williams III argues that Washington State's proposed carbon fee is better thought of as a green energy spending program than a tax. . . . 'If it passes, that may be less of a victory for carbon taxes than for green spending. And if it fails, that may be less of a defeat for carbon taxes, and more a defeat for the green spending approach,' he writes."

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Traditional Carbon Pricing

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Roberton C. Williams III

Senior Fellow

Rob Williams is a senior fellow at RFF. He studies both environmental policy and tax policy, with a particular focus on interactions between the two.

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