Editorial: Clean energy, not expanding gas pipeline, is WA’s future
In the fight against climate change, Washington has led by example. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s recent decision to allow expansion of a natural gas pipeline through Idaho, Washington and Oregon is antithetical to those efforts. “It makes no sense to shackle ourselves to a source of energy whose cost will go up in the coming decades instead of the clean energy sources whose costs are coming down dramatically,” argued Washington Gov. Jay Inslee. Continue reading at Seattle Times. (Paul Tong)
The challenge in mandating electric heating in Washington state
Government officials see electric heat pumps as a crucial tool for decarbonizing buildings, which produce an estimated 25% to 28% of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions globally. But, new building codes that would have required most new buildings in Washington state to use electric heat pumps were shelved a few months before they were set to take effect in July. Washington state officials are now pursuing a different strategy for residential and commercial buildings that doesn’t strictly require heat pumps in new buildings. Continue reading at Axios. (Aida Amer)
Here’s how collective bargaining for Washington legislative staffers could go
Recommendations in a 100- page report from the leader of the Office of State Legislative Labor Relations were delivered to lawmakers earlier this month. The report arrives after Washington became one of the first states to allow employees of the House, Senate and legislative agencies to form unions and collectively bargain. Debbie Brookman, director of the labor relations office shared that “the report is my best effort to take feedback from employee survey data and other research, including my personal experience with the practical impacts of collective bargaining, and provide a thoughtful approach for the Legislature’s consideration,” she said. Continue reading at WA State Standard. (Bill Lucia)
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