Heat pumps key to WA, coalition’s plan to end building emissions
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee vowed this week to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from new buildings, in large part by rapidly expanding the installation of heat pumps. Buildings are Washington’s second-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, pumping out an estimated 27% of the state’s emissions. “We are in a climate emergency and the window to act is closing,” Inslee said in a release. Continue reading at Seattle Times. (Karen Ducey)
Regulators in Olympia make public data on the state’s cannabis social equity program
In 2020, House Bill 2870 was passed by the state Legislature to establish the state’s cannabis social equity program where the LCB would award 46 retail licenses under the program, ideally to members of a community that had been disproportionately harmed by the war on drugs. Last Wednesday, the LCB made public some statistics on those who have applied for licenses under the program. Continue reading at Inlander. (Will Maupin)
Could selling sewage save the Salish Sea?
The Legislature and the state Ecology Department are considering taking a page from Washington’s new carbon pricing system and applying it to this other kind of pollution. Should Washington put a price on the nutrients flowing from the region’s 58 sewage treatment plants into the Salish Sea? Decisions on whether to pursue this approach will likely be made during the next three years. Continue reading at Crosscut. (King County Wastewater Treatment Division)
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