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Password * Remember me New to Energy Central? Applying for membership with Energy Central allows you to connect with a network of more than 200,000 global power industry professionals. Washington’s game-changing legislation arrives at a critical moment for the climate crisis. President Biden has just pledged to cut national emissions 50-52% by 2030, recapturing U.S. climate leadership on the global stage ahead of a major UN climate convening at the end of the year. But it will take serious w...

As Washington inks ‘most ambitious’ climate rules in U.S., lawmaker praises tech’s supporting role May 19, 2021 at 3:30 pm The electrification of Washington’s ferry system is one of the plans for cutting the state’s carbon emissions. (Brent Roraback Photo) Washington Gov. Jay Inslee this week signed into law what many are calling the nation’s most ambitious package of climate policies. One of the key lawmakers behind the legislation gives the region’s tech and business sectors som...

Gov. Inslee signs flurry of anti-pollution laws, but draws ire with vetoes at 1:59 pm Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed a sweeping set of new environmental laws Monday. He also vetoed some of their key provisions, drawing criticism from both Democratic and Republican lawmakers. The five new laws aim to tackle pollution from fossil fuels and petroleum products as well as the various harms they do to the global climate, human health, and sea life: Creating a “cap-and-tradeâ€...

Despite vetoes, monumental climate legislation signed into law May 18, 2021 at 3:03 pm The Tesoro Corp. refinery, in Anacortes, Wash. Gas flares like this are part of normal plant operations. (AP) While the veto of a link between the climate bills and a transportation package — which had been a compromise to get votes from moderate legislators — caused some controversy, the governor still signed prominent climate legislation into law on Monday. Two bills aimed at reduci...

Governor Inslee is leading the race against climate change. Other governors should keep up. May 18, 2021 This post was co-authored by Katelyn Roedner Sutter, Senior Manager, U.S. Climate at EDF Washington state just officially became the country’s frontrunner on climate action. On Monday, Governor Inslee signed a landmark cap-and-invest bill, called the Climate Commitment Act, which sets the most ambitious limit on climate pollution of any state in the nation. The bill will rapidly drive dow...

Environmental Justice Arrives in Washington State Law Communities closest to pollution have sounded the alarm for decades. This year, Olympia finally said: We hear you. By Erin Wong 5/17/2021 at 9:47am   Rosalinda Guillen has been organizing for labor rights and food sovereignty in the Skagit Valley for decades.  When she was a girl, Rosalinda Guillen could reach into the Swinomish Channel and bring up a net full of smelt. These days, the fish trickle by in small schools. Guillen, nea...

/PRNewswire/ -- Today Governor Jay Inslee signed the Climate Commitment Act (CCA), SB 5126, into law—positioning Washington State as a national climate leader...

Historic budget accelerates investments in helping businesses, families and local governments rebound and grow As you are likely aware by now, the 2021-23 state biennial budget makes historic investments in Washington’s recovery and growth trajectory coming out of the pandemic. At Commerce, we are preparing for significant work ahead as we implement a $2.7 billion operating budget and $2.4 billion in capital funding. Our team is growing – we’re recruiting exceptional team members, so I in...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Washington Legislature passed Senate Bill 5126, the Climate Commitment Act, on April 24, 2021, which establishes a greenhouse gas emissions cap-and-invest program for utilities, industrial facilities, and other operations with greater than 25,000 metric tons of emissions. Covered entities will be subject to a statewide emissions cap that decreases over time to match the states goal of net...

BP’s Suspicious Support for a Carbon Market in Washington State The oil giant owns a carbon sequestration company that could benefit from the law, allowing BP to play both sides of the emissions ledger. DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images BP CEO Bernard Looney, at a 2020 event where he declared the oil company’s intentions to achieve “net-zero” carbon emissions by 2050 In early April, the state of Washington managed to do what once seemed impossible: successfully pass a bill establishin...