Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan pushes tax on home heating oil
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan wants to tax home heating oil and push some 18,000 Seattle homeowners reliant on the crude oil product to convert to electric heating pumps.
“Moving faster to convert Seattle’s homes off of dirty fossil fuels is good for our climate, our economy, and our children’s future,” Durkan said in a news release.
The mayor’s office drafted legislation for city council. Councilmember Mike O’Brien said he will sponsor the legislation and plans to have it before the full council in September.
“We need to be off fossil fuels by 2030,” O’Brien said, adding that heating oil was “dirty, not very efficient” and had a high carbon cost fueling greenhouse gas emissions.
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/seattle-mayor-jenny-durkan-pushes-tax-on-home-heating-oil/
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