Seattle Times: MOST people would not be very happy if they had to devote a bigger chunk of their household income every year to a problem that could have been mitigated years earlier for a fraction of the cost. Yet, that scenario seems likely if the global society fails to adopt policies to reduce emissions of carbon and other greenhouse gases. A number of bills have been introduced in the current legislative session intended to reduce the state’s carbon emissions. These bills have, understandably, …