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Washington State’s Rising Gas Prices
- 150.00
- Estimated additional dollars each Washington driver will pay for gas this summer over last, according to a report commissioned by Senator Maria Cantwell
- 672.00
- Total in millions of dollars in additional gas costs to be paid in the state this summer
- 12.00
- Percent drop in amount Washingtonians will spend on travel this summer—compared to 2010—due to higher gas prices, according to AAA estimates
- 9.00
- Number of times Cantwell used the word “scheme” in a May speech on the Senate floor in reference to oil market speculators—the alleged culprits of higher gas prices in the Northwest
