We were just talking about this on Aug. 26. Back then, I told you Washington drivers had already paid about $4 billion more for gas under the Climate Commitment Act . Nearly $700 per driver.

And now, here we are again. Things are getting even more expensive.

Gas averages $4.66 a gallon here now. The national average is $3.18. Washington is now No. 1, surpassing California for the highest gas prices in the country.

Why? The state just held another carbon auction. It happened earlier this month. And just like that, gas prices jumped. Already up a quarter a gallon, with it going up a total of 50 cents or more when this all gets priced in.

Oil companies bid on units of carbon they would be allowed to emit, pay the state, and then pass the cost right along to customers. So while Olympia g

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