Policy
Report: House committee holds work session on potential changes to Initiative 937
Washington state’s House Environment Committee held an interim work session on I-937 on Tuesday, July 26. Chair Dave Upthegrove (D-Des Moines), Ranking Minority Member Shelly Short (R-Addy) and fellow Reps. Larry Crouse (R-Spokane), Steve Tharinger (D-Sequim) and Joe Fitzgibbon (D-Burien) attended. Howard Schwartz of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council gave the committee a brief…
Read MoreExecutive Board Caucus Report Highlights — July 21, 2011
Each month, we post the updates presented to our Executive Board from the state and provincial caucus reports.
In this edition: BC carbon tax popular, working, Avista request alarms clean energy supporters in ID, More condemnations filed against landowners on MATL route in MT, OR’s Boardman coal-plant pollution lawsuit settled and Legislative committee takes up I-937 in WA.
Read MoreExecutive Board Caucus Report Highlights — June 16, 2011
Each month, we post the updates from the state and provincial caucus reports…
Read MoreNW Energy Coalition – Utility Energy Efficiency Incentives and Disincentives Resolution
NW Energy Coalition Utility Energy Efficiency Incentives and Disincentives Resolution November 14, 2009 WHEREAS there are many barriers to energy efficiency that mean market mechanisms alone will not be enough to move consumers to acquire and install all the cost-effective measures available. Consumers, including residential, commercial, and industrial power users, often lack the time horizon,…
Read MoreExecutive Board Caucus Report Highlights — May 12, 2011
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Read MoreSnake River Alliance releases guide to Idaho’s Clean Energy Future
The Snake River Alliance has produced “Idaho’s Clean Energy Future – An Activist’s Guide to a Sustainable Energy Future.” The Alliance’s People’s Energy Project is designed to help plug Idahoans into the world where energy decisions are made, from electric utilities to the state Public Utilities Commission that oversees investor-owned utilities.
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Read MoreLegislature passes landmark legislation to transition Washington off polluting coal-fired power
Today, the Washington State Legislature put its final stamp of approval on a plan to responsibly transition TransAlta Corp.’s Centralia, Wash., power plant off of coal. The state Senate approved technical changes made in the House and sent the Coal-Free Future for Washington bill to Gov. Chris Gregoire for her much-anticipated signature.
Read MoreNW Energy Coalition and Save Our Wild Salmon Comments on the Draft Business Practice, Environmental Redispatch, Version 1
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Read MoreEnviros and Labor stand together to move Washington beyond coal
On March 5th, Organized Labor and major environmental organizations in Washington reached an historic agreement with the TransAlta Corporation and Gov. Chris Gregoire to phase out coal-fired power generation in Washington. The agreement reflects all parties’ shared vision of a Washington powered by clean energy and will provide a model for the nation of how investing in transition to a clean-energy future can create good jobs and a healthy economy.
Read the full Op-Ed online at Publicola.com
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