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November 2, 2024

Jay Inslee

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EPA Awards US School Districts Nearly $1B for Clean Buses
EPA on Wednesday announced it is distributing nearly $1 billion in grants to 389 school districts across the U.S. to buy cleaner buses, most of them electric.
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West Coast Leaders Pledge Closer Cooperation on Climate Measures
Leaders from the three West Coast states and the Canadian province of British Columbia signed an agreement pledging to cooperate on climate change measures.
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Western Governors Talk Climate Change
The governors of Washington, Oregon and California and the premier of British Columbia discussed the need for cross-border efforts to address climate change.
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Wash. Lifts Drought Designations Statewide
Washington state lifted its remaining drought designations because of an unexpectedly cool and wet May and June.
U.S. Drought Monitor
NW Hydro Outlook Improves as Drought Retreats — in Some Areas
The Northwest stands out as an exception to the increasingly dire water situation gripping the wider West, boding well for its summer hydropower potential.
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Australian Company Eyes Wash. Coal Mine as Green Hydrogen Site
Fortescue Future Industries is exploring the potential of converting a disused coal mine in Washington state into a facility for producing green hydrogen.
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Inslee Plugs Washington Buildings Bills at Forum with Gore, McCarthy
Gov. Jay Inslee urged constituents to press Washington legislators to drum up extra votes for two bills addressing building decarbonization.
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Washington Considers EV Fee to Offset Lost Gas Taxes
Washington lawmakers are considering a bill to apply a per-mile charge to EVs to compensate for expected lost gas tax revenues.
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Conflict Looms over Washington Gas Utility GHG Bill
A Washington bill would require natural gas utilities to create GHG reduction plans by 2024. Industry critics say that's too soon.
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Rent Provision Sparks Pushback on Wash. Buildings GHG Bill
A rent control plank prompted the greatest opposition to a Washington Senate bill to trim the carbon footprint of roughly 50,000 buildings in the state.

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