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The event is a response to the state having the highest average gas prices in the country for the first time in history.

MOSES LAKE – Six Washington-based unions are teaming up to take advantage of Washington’s legislative environment and the need for workers to fill environmentally-friendly jobs created by that environment...

Inslee claims oil companies are making record profits, blames them for high gas prices.

Inslee claims oil companies are making record profits, blames them for high gas prices.

Gov. Jay Inslee visited Hockin son Heights Elementary School Wednesday and got a first-hand glimpse at how the school is putting environmentally minded practices and improvements into action. …

Stories in this Regional News Roundup are excerpted from weekly newspapers from around the region. This is part two, with part one having appeared in Saturday’s Tribune.

(The Center Square) – The Washington State Department of Ecology has announced a second emergency auction triggered by last week’s third quarterly carbon auction that brought in $541 million.

A study shows how forced relocation of Native Americans in the U.S. has moved them to lands more susceptible to climate change.

The rule change would prohibit companies from selling or trading the emissions allowances they buy for profit.

Washington’s cap-and-trade auctions are pulling in money faster than expected, spurring calls to rework the program to ease costs for consumers.