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Adapt or mitigate? Washington Republicans roll out climate proposal

A new proposal from Washington State Republicans highlights the conversation around how to both reduce and mitigate emissions while adapting to a warming world, and...Read More

Takeaways from COP26 w/ Sen. Carlyle

A month ago, we spoke with Sen. Reuven Carlyle, chair of the Senate Environment, Energy and Technology Committee about his climate legislation goals for the...Read More

Q&A: Sen. Reuven Carlyle on climate policy

Sen. Reuven Carlyle chairs the Senate Environment, Energy and Technology and was instrumental in passing a number of climate bills in recent years, including as...Read More

New commercial bottled water licenses could be suspended under new bill

A bill that would prohibit the issuance of new licenses for commercial bottled water production, ESSB 6278, was the subject of a public hearing in...Read More

Senate passes Carlyle’s Washington Privacy Act

The Washington Senate today overwhelmingly approved the Washington Privacy Act, one of the nation’s strongest consumer data privacy protection measures. Based on global standards and...Read More

Senate Environment & Energy Committee hears cap and trade bill

Senate Bill 5981, a cap and trade bill reintroduced this legislative session, came up for a public hearing Tuesday morning in the Senate Environment &...Read More

Senate passes Carlyle’s Washington Privacy Act

The Washington Senate overwhelmingly approved the Washington Privacy Act, one of the nation’s strongest privacy protection measures based on global standards to strengthen consumer access...Read More

Bill committing Washington to 100 percent clean energy passes Senate

The Washington Senate today approved a sweeping, historic bill to commit the state to 100 percent clean energy from renewable and zero-emission sources....Read More

Bill to eliminate the death penalty moves to the House

Last Friday, the Senate passed a bill, requested by Attorney General Bob Ferguson, that would eliminate the death penalty. Under the bill, people convicted of...Read More