Initiative 1631 was Washington State’s second attempt to tax carbon emissions. The measure failed in all but three places: Seattle’s King County, Port Townsend’s Jefferson County and the county that encompasses the San Juan Islands. SMEA Professor and Associate Director Nives Dolšak and UW Center for Environmental Politics’ Aseem Prakash were recently interviewed by High Country news about the failed carbon tax and the challenges of climate legislation. The article examines what the failure of the carbon tax in a green-leaning state like Washington means for the future of addressing climate change. Read the complete article in the High Country News “What killed Washington’s carbon tax?“