Gov. Kate Brown Pulls Plug On Attempt to Replace Low Carbon Fuel Standard with Transportation Package

WWeek:

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Gov. Kate Brown this morning put an end to complex negotiations aimed at repealing the low carbon fuel standard, a controversial law she signed in March, and replacing it with a package of transportation improvements funded by a gas tax increase, higher vehicle fees and an increased transit tax. 

Brown proposed a package a carbon reductions that she said would exceed the reductions promised by the low carbon fuel standard. Environmentalists expressed skepticism about her idea.

Brown acknowledged in a statement that there was insufficient time to overcome opposition to the switch.

"Given the complexity of the issues and the remaining time available, there simply isn’t a pa forward through both chambers for a proposal that accomplishes both this session," the governor said in a statement.
 

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