December 9, 2013
US-China Technology Transfer to Aid Urbanization
By Jake Emerson, Context China Washington state is home to innovative clean tech companies as well as traditional companies making great strides in renewable energy. Both were highlighted at the Washington Clean Technology Alliance annual meeting in Seattle Nov. 15.  As these firms expand globally, China will continue to be a huge market, particularly with […]

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August 28, 2013
King County Metro is in a Bind – Electric Metropool the Answer?
Originally published Sunday, June 23, 2013 at 4:08 PM By Steve Marshall When the county’s $20 congestion fee on car tabs expires next year, Metro may have to cut bus service by 17 percent, which is why Metro is looking to the Legislature to allow the car-tab fee to continue or to provide another option for […]

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August 28, 2013
State Receives a Menu of Climate Change Options
By John Stang Five years ago, Washington’s Legislature set a goal to reduce carbon house emissions by 2020. Gov. Jay Inslee and a panel are looking for an extra pair of hands. Washington now has a list of programs worldwide from which to steal, or borrow, as a legislative panel tackles climate change in this […]

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July 31, 2013
WCTA Breakfast: A New Golden Age of Agriculture
July 31 | at the Washington State Housing Finance Commission, 1000 Second Avenue, Suite 2800, Seattle. Panelists: John Gardner, Vice President and Dean, Bainbridge Graduate Institute, Moderator, and WCTA Board Member.  John has been a key leader in the growth of BGI over the past two years. Prior, he was VP at WSU responsible for […]

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July 23, 2013
Crosscut: What's Driving UW's New Business Boom?
Source: Drew Atkins, Cross Cut, July 22, 2013. Whether they’re concocting anti-aging makeup, or creating the tools to fight deadly diseases, the crop of start-up companies emerging from [WCTA Gold Member] University of Washington’s Center for Commercialization (C4C) have the potential to change how we live. They’ve already changed how the University of Washington is […]

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July 11, 2013
WSDOT Secretary Speaks to Washington Clean Technology Alliance
Technology the way to go, says state transportation chief Source:  Bill Sheets, The Herald,  July 11, 2013. Information about the I-5 bridge over the Skagit River was available to truck drivers on the state’s website before the May 23 accident in which a truck struck the span, causing part of it to fall into the […]

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April 22, 2013
Olympia Legislative Report, April 19, 2013
Washington Clean Technology Alliance Prepared by:  Boswell Consulting April 28th, the end of regular session, is rapidly drawing near. This Wednesday was opposite house cutoff, meaning that bills had to have passed out of the opposite house of origin to still be remain alive. At this point, the House and Senate have both released their […]

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April 16, 2013
WCTA Is Moving!
Our new address as of April 22, 2013 will be 1301 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1500, Seattle, WA 98101.  That is in the same building, the Rainier Tower, but ten floors lower.  The entire Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and affiliates will be occupying the floor. Everything else remains the same: Washington Clean Technology Alliance 1301 […]

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April 10, 2013
WCTA Breakfast: Raising Money in Cleantech
Featuring Michael Butler (CEO, Cascadia Capital), Daniel Malarkey (Deputy Director, Washington State Department of Commerce), and Avi Jacobson, (Sustainable Energy Coordinator, Multifamily Housing and Community Facilities Division, Washington State Housing Finance Commission) | Sponsored by Kane Environmental Inc. | Apr 10 | 730-900 |  SOLD OUT!

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