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The commission determined Idaho ratepayers shouldn’t have to pay for Washington’s initiative to lower its greenhouse gas emissions.

As lawmakers begin the 2024 Washington legislative session on Jan. 8, the state’s employer community remains on edge. The economy has proven remarkably resilient through years of extraordinary …

Between 2016 and 2020, people in these 16 communities lived nearly two-and-a-half fewer years than the rest of the state.

Well over a month after a former WSDOT whistleblower employee resigned over allegations they were told to lie about the impact of cap and trade, the state still has not really responded.

OLYMPIA — The George and Mattawa areas were identified as most affected by air pollution in Washington in a report released by the Washington Department of Ecology last week. The report also identified 14 other areas of the state, according to an announcement from the DOE. Researchers investigated health data and found people in these communities face a higher death rate from air pollution than the state average, the announcement said. The report – required under the state’s landmark Clima...

People in 16 communities impacted by air pollution in Washington state are more likely to have negative health outcomes and die 2.4 years sooner, the report found.

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A whistle-blower says he was told to keep quiet about the cost of Gov. Inslee's carbon policies are having on gasoline prices.

In areas overburdened with poor air quality, residents on average are sicker and die younger, a new report from the Washington Department of Ecology found.

People in 16 communities impacted by air pollution in Washington state are more likely to have negative health outcomes and die 2.4 years sooner, the report found.