The Washington state senate failed to pass a carbon tax proposal championed by Gov. Jay Inslee (D) last week. Climatewire's energy reporter Benjamin Storrow unpacks what happened. Washington State Sen. Reuven Carlyle (D), the sponsor of the carbon tax bill, talks next steps. And a conservative who likes carbon taxes games out the national implications.

"Carbon tax, defeated in the Legislature, to be on the ballot" (Climatewire, 03/06/2018), by Benjamin Storrow: www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060075499

"Can Gov. Inslee deliver America's first carbon tax?" (Climatewire, 01/22/2018), by Benjamin Storrow: www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060071499