On the dicey politics of climate change legislation

Alternative to Carlyle’s cap-and-trade plan gets a hearing in his committee

For some insight into the complex politics of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, let’s take a look at the “no” votes cast by two Democrats in the Washington House over the weekend on the proposed clean fuel standard. 

House Bill 1091 passed 52-46 on Saturday, with four Democrats joining all 42 Republicans in voting no, including Reps. Sharon Shewmake, D-…