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F or years, lawmakers in Olympia have considered whether Washington should implement its own cap-and-trade program on carbon emissions or require transportation fuels to be less polluting. This session, they decided the state should do both. The two major policies, the Clean Fuel Standard and a program putting a cap on greenhouse gas emissions and requiring clean energy investments called the Climate Commitment Act, will act in concert with one another. Theyll reduce greenhouse gas emissi...

Virtual Conversation: Recapping the 2021 Session: Legislative Democrats Michael Goldberg   May 3, 2021   Join the Washington State Wire tomorrow at 10:00 AM as we host a virtual conversation between legislative Democrats on the 2021 session.  The Morning Wire: Keeping you informed on politics, policies, and personalities of Washington State. From the capital gains tax to the Climate Commitment Act to the Blake decision, the implications of this session will be vast,...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: In an historic move, the Washington State Legislature passed two major pieces of climate change legislation in the closing days of its recent session over the weekend of April 24-25, 2021. Once signed by Governor Inslee, the Climate Commitment Act creates a market-based, economy-wide, cap-and-trade program. The other legislation (HB 1091) creates a program to reduce the carbon in transportation fuels. 1 These bills follow on the heel...

Washington Legislature charts ‘new beginning’ in climate change fight As the dust settles in Olympia, the state has finally embraced cap and trade, electric cars and environmental justice. by InvestigateWest / May 3, 2021 Emissions from the Marathon Oil refinery in Anacortes mix with a blanket of wildfire smoke in September 2020. Washington state’s new environmental law requires industrial polluters to buy pollution credits from the state in a cap-and-tr...

Home » Government » Behold Washington’s ‘new beginning’ in its fight against climate change As the dust settles in Olympia, the state finally has embraced cap and trade, electric cars and environmental justice. Lawmakers in Olympia have bound Washington state’s fortunes — literally — to the fight against climate change with a legislative blitz, enacting a “historic” suite of climate protections. Before adjourning April 25, Democrats passed a pair of sweeping restrictions on ...

Dive Brief: Washington lawmakers last week passed legislation adopting a "cap-and-invest" system. Once its signed into law, it would cover three-quarters of greenhouse gas emissions in the state, including those from the power sector. The bill, which is headed to the desk of Gov. Jay Inslee, D, also "enacts arguably the strongest environmental justice policy in the nation, obligating us to improve air quality for overburdened communities that have to live daily with air pollution from emissi...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: 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 state’s goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. Under the Clima...

Historic Climate Bill Passes Washington State Legislature State on Path to Becoming Net Zero Carbon by 2050 News provided by Share this article Share this article SEATTLE, April 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Climate Commitment Act (CCA), SB 5126, was passed by the Washington State Legislature today, the first climate legislation in the country to pave the way to net zero carbon emissions by the year 2050.  The historic and carefully crafted cap-and-invest legislation is now on its way to Governor J...

House passes Climate Commitment Act to reduce carbon emissions News Provided By Share This Article OLYMPIA – The House passed the Climate Commitment Act, landmark legislation to reduce carbon emissions and set Washington on a path to meet its statutory goal of net-zero emissions by 2050, today with a vote of 54-43. Senate Bill 5126 establishes a cap and invest system that will steadily reduce carbon emissions and air pollution while investing in green infrastructure, multimodal transportation...

Young Kwak photo Staying home had a noticeable impact on carbon emissions, which plummeted globally last year by nearly 2 billion metric tons in 2020. F rom her home, under the flight path to the Spokane International Airport, Amber Lenhart usually hears the recurring roar of airplanes overhead. But that stopped a year ago. When the pandemic hit, ...