Turning the corner: Greenhouse gas emissions are up, but help is on the way
The bad news first: New data shows greenhouse gas emissions in Washington rose 1.3% from 2017 to 2018, reaching 99.6 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.
On the one hand, 1.3% is a small increase. On the other hand, in recent years, Washington has adopted a number of new policies designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. If emissions are going up, are those policies really working?
Yes, our carbon reduction policies are, in fact, working. But they are phasing in slowly, in many cases, and a number were enacted into law after 2018, the most recent year for which we have data.
As eviction ban stretches on, so does uncertainty and rent debt By Sydney Brownstone and Daniel Gilbert, Sydney Brownstone and Daniel Gilbert, The Seattle Times
Published: January 11, 2021, 8:34am
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If Washington’s extended ban on evictions expires at the end of March, 46-year-old Antonio Salazar could potentially lose his housing.
Salazar, a native of Mexico and 20-year resident of Redmond, worked as a chef until a few years ago when he suffered an accident that required spinal surgery. His only source of income had been workers’ compensation, which he said the state terminated a year ago, just before the pandemic set in.
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6 Jan, 2021 Author Tom DiChristopher
Legislation developed by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee s office could substantially reduce and potentially eliminate natural gas utilities role in delivering energy to many state ratepayers over the next 30 years.
Washington House Bill 1084, the Healthy Homes and Clean Buildings Act, would require all new buildings in Washington to be zero-carbon by 2030 and seek to eliminate fossil fuel consumption in existing buildings by 2050, according to a Dec. 15, 2020, policy brief from Inslee s office. The legislative text would provide a roadmap to phasing out gas utility service in Washington through changes to state code, regulatory mechanisms and incentives.
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December 27, 2020 6:22 PM Alex Crescenti
SPOKANE, Wash. In a poll released this week by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, half of small businesses say they can only operate for a year or less in the current business climate before having to permanently close.
The Wandering Table is considered to be the flagship restaurant of the Eat Good Group, but even this establishment could not weather the extended COVID-19 restrictions.
After six years open and not being able to have patrons inside the restaurant, general Manager Paul Dorazi and other management decided January 9 is the final day in operation.
“We wanted to weather the storm and come through and be able to open up when we we’re at 50-percent capacity,” said Dorazi, “50-percent capacity, we basically try to break even.”