GOP threatens to halt gas-tax hike to block low-carbon standard

摘要

Republican lawmakers in Oregon are aiming to stop the continuation of a low-carbon fuelrnstandard in Oregon by threatening to derail a bill to increase the state's gas tax.rnOregon's low-carbon fuel standard requires energy providers to reduce their products' carbonrncontents or buy credits from clean-burning fuel producers. The law is scheduled to expire at thernend of the year, before it is fully implemented, and Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) is pushing for itsrnextension.