“A cap-and-trade plan(the Clean Energy Jobs Bill) under discussion at the state Legislature could tax emissions from around 100 facilities in Oregon, including Wauna, and has some hopeful for a new push to fight climate change and expand green industries.
The state is widely expected to link its program with the Western Climate Initiative implementing similar programs in California and Quebec, Canada, allowing Oregon businesses to buy allowances from elsewhere.”
An excerpt from The Daily Astorian