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Elections

Would Washington's carbon tax kill the American coal industry?

Smoke stacks during a night scene in Tacoma, Wash.
Flickr Photo/Tom Collins (CC-BY-NC-ND)

Kim Malcolm talks with New York Times Seattle bureau chief Kirk Johnson about the potential impact of a carbon tax on the American coal industry. Initiative 732 would impose a tax on carbon emissions, cut taxes on manufacturing and sales, and reduce Washington's sales tax by one point.

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