Ballot Question Seeking To Stop Climate-Change Carbon Fee On Fuel Clears Attorney General Review

Supporters of a ballot petition seeking to scuttle a proposed carbon fee on fuel can bring the question before Massachusetts voters if they get enough signatures, the state Attorney General said. The petition, called "An Act Preserving Consumer Access To Gasoline and Other Motor Fuels," seeks to defeat Governor Charlie Baker's Transportation and Climate Initiative, which would add a carbon fee on fuel that would make gasoline and diesel more expensive at the pump, with the revenue to go toward

Supporters of a ballot petition seeking to scuttle a proposed carbon fee on fuel can bring the question before Massachusetts voters if they get enough signatures, the state Attorney General said. The petition, called "An Act Preserving Consumer Access To Gasoline and Other Motor Fuels," seeks to defeat Governor Charlie Baker's Transportation and Climate Initiative, which would add a carbon fee on fuel that would make gasoline and diesel more expensive at the pump, with the revenue to go toward…