The Democratic governor said she wants to move forward on a statewide cap and trade plan through the executive branch if lawmakers can’t find a compromise. The proposal caps climate-changing emissions and requires businesses to buy or trade an ever-dwindling pool of pollution credits or “allowances.”SALEM, Ore. - Oregon Gov. Brown says she wants lawmakers to go back to rural communities and find points of compromise for future legislation that would create the nation’s second statewide cap and trade program, after California. Senate Republicans walked out for nine days to delay a vote on the measure and only returned after receiving reassurances it was dead. They said the legislation would kill jobs, raise the cost of fuel and gut small businesses in rural areas.

Source: thestar July 01, 2019 18:45 UTC