Category: Public Policy

Source: Washington Department of Commerce, February 15 he case study documents and quantifies client health improvements resulting from the partnership work that included improved client respiratory control, reduced medical visits, client actions to reduce environmental triggers or improve medical management, and improved client and family quality of life. Among the significant findings were: 86 percent of […]

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Source: Washington Department of Commerce, February 15 It’s been a busy start to 2019 for Commerce’s Weatherization Plus Health program. We’ve participated in several regional and national forums and shared the structure and results of our Plus Health work providing lasting home and client health improvements. Dec. 17, Vince Schueler, our WSU Energy Program Evaluation partner, […]

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February 15, 2019:  Week Five Week five was an unusual one here in Olympia with Monday’s winter storm causing leadership to cancel all committee meetings and ultimately shut down the capitol for a brief 24 hours—a very rare occurrence during the legislative session. This delay resulted in the harried rescheduling of countless bills and jam-packed hearings […]

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CleanTech Job Growth (from Dan Schwartz) Here is a link to the dynamic BLS Employment tables which are constantly updated. Go to the percent increase table and click on it, and it will order the table by highest to lowest. The table now shows Solar Installer as #1 in percent growth over the next 10 years.  Wind Service […]

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Output Based Pricing System – Canada (Courtesy of Wolf Lichenstein) This legislation would apply to any province that doesn’t already have a GHG program. So, BC likely won’t be opting in and Ontario will be forced to as they dropped their pricing program under Ford. https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/climate-change/pricing-pollution-how-it-will-work/output-based-pricing-system.html https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/climatechange/climate-action/pricing-carbon-pollution/output-based-pricing-system.html  

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The Oregon Cap and Invest Bill HB 2020 (courtesy of John Bush) You can find the overview page here. Joint Carbon Reduction Committee Page:  This page has lists meetings and videos of testimony.  Clicking on circle next to meeting date will take you to testimony.  Most recent meetings have been very substantive on both sides: […]

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Gov. Jay Inslee and Premier John Horgan met this week to discuss regional issues and promote opportunities for collaboration between British Columbia and Washington state.

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February 8, 2019: Week 4 Week four here in Olympia was marked by the first chamber-wide votes on several pieces of fast-tracked legislation, an official appointment to the 40th district open Senate seat (Liz Lovelett, an Anacortes City Councilmember), and—most overwhelmingly—frigid temperatures and an impending winter weather crisis. Although Olympia very rarely shuts down during session, […]

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Source: DOE at Energy.gov, February 6 The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) announced their intent to issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled “Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute: Cybersecurity in Energy Efficient Manufacturing.” This FOA establishes a new Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute (referred to as the […]

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Source:  Spokesman-Review, Will Capmbell February 2 It’s been more than a year since China stopped accepting most recycling from the U.S., leading to a stockpile of paper, metal, glass and plastic that states like Washington have to spend more money cleaning up – or throwing away. And since then, the market for buying metal, paper, […]

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