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The specter of a November referendum on Washington’s cap-and-invest program hovered over the state Senate when it passed a bill to link the program with the California-Quebec system.
Puget Soundkeeper
A Washington bill that would have created a new agency to monitor the state’s oil industry has died in committee.
Bureau of Land Management
The developer of a large and controversial wind and solar farm in southeastern Washington contends the state’s siting body has ordered unscientific changes that make the project unviable.
BPA
House Republicans lambasted a deal that the Biden administration struck between Oregon, Washington and four tribes on four dams along the Snake River.
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A Washington lawmaker has introduced a bill to authorize a study to gauge the ecological impacts of offshore wind projects along the state’s coastline.
REMI
The bill to create a new agency to monitor activity in Washington's petroleum market details five pages of the kind of information the body would have to collect from oil companies.
Washington Senate Democrats
A bill to link Washington’s cap-and-trade program with the California-Quebec combined system drew no immediate opposition when it was introduced, but did collect several requests for technical changes.
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A Seattle-based conservative think tank says the Washington governor knew nearly a decade ago that a cap-and-invest program in the state would increase gas prices.
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Washington’s one-year-old cap-and-invest program will be one of the dominant issues during the state’s 2024 legislative session, which begins Jan. 8.
State of Washington
Washington state raised another $373.6 million in its last carbon emissions allowance auction for 2023, the Ecology Department reported.
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