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... [The Climate Commitment Act is] funding initiatives that help residents stay cool on hotter days: Urban tree canopy projects to break up hot pavement, heat pump installations for lower-income Washingtonians and cooling centers in communities, to name a few. Those...

By Sen. Marko Liias and Rep. Jake Fey "Here’s the reality: Before I-2117 we were facing a $5 billion to $6 billion challenge to finish projects, maintain our roads and fulfill our obligation to remove salmon-blocking culverts. If passed, I-2117 doubles that problem....

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“One of the things that’s hard is getting money out the door,” said Mann, of Clean and Prosperous. “A lot of this is competitive grants that take time, and a lot of them are construction projects. Building EV charging stations doesn’t happen overnight.” “We can point...

The Climate Commitment Act not only protects our air and our forests and our waters by capping pollution, it provides the engine for investing in our clean energy transition,” says Michael Mann, executive director of advocacy group Clean & Prosperous Washington....

A repeal initiative blaming the state's climate law for higher gas prices could wind up on the ballot in November. “If we are concerned about the cost of transportation for Washington businesses and residents, we have to keep our focus away from the arm-waving of the...

"Washington state has raised an estimated $1.8 billion through the sale of allowances to polluting businesses at carbon auctions this year. "The state Department of Ecology announced Wednesday the results of its last quarterly auction of the year. It marked the...

“This is not the time to put the brakes on Washington’s premier and effective climate policy that is backed by businesses, labor, tribes, community groups and environmental organizations. It is not the time to deny the clear scientific evidence that more, not less,...

The price of Washington’s carbon emission allowances reached an all-time high in the state’s fourth auction last week, with revenues from the program nearing $1.5 billion in its first year. The revenue has far outpaced early estimates, and now a group that helped...