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Wasco County Commission Votes On Resolution Opposing Cap And Trade Bill

Wasco County Commissioners voted unanimously to support a resolution opposing the carbon cap-and-trade bill in the Oregon Legislature.  Commissioners made the decision in front of a gathering of over 100 at the Wasco County Courthouse made up of both opponents and proponents of the bill.  Commissioner Scott Hege says members of the panel had received many e-mails on the issue.  He emphasized their opposition is more about the process of how the Legislature is proceeding with the bill with no opportunity for a citizen vote rather than policy issues.  In the resolution, the County does question whether benefits from cap-and-trade would justify the costs that would result from it.  Wasco County was the 28th in Oregon in which its governing board approved this kind of resolution on the subject.