4 Puget Sound counties may do what the state couldn’t: Pass a clean-fuel standard
Washington state leaders tried — and failed — last year to enact a clean-fuels standard that would curb tailpipe emissions from cars and trucks.
Now, following inaction at the state level, four counties in the Puget Sound region might move ahead with their own plan to require cleaner transportation fuels.
The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, which was created under the state’s Clean Air Act and encompasses King, Pierce, Snohomish and Kitsap counties, is accepting comments on a draft version of a low-carbon fuel standard. The agency’s board could vote on the proposal as soon as February.
By Melissa Santos, Crosscut