'Cap-and-trade' main reason for gas prices

During summer, it isn't a surprise to see higher gas prices. But Washington drivers face a burden not experienced in other states.

That burden is the added cost to fuel created by the Climate Commitment Act, a law passed by the majority party in the Legislature in 2021. (I voted with other Republicans against that bill.) The CCA is an environmental law that has turned greenhouse-gas emissions – carbon dioxide – into an expensive commodity by allowing the state to create and auction off carbon "allowances."

It's known by many as "cap-and-trade," though opponents accurately nickname it "cap-and-...