Environment
Washington raises $2B in first year of carbon pollution auctions
Washington raised another $370.6 million in its final carbon auction of 2023, bringing the total to slightly more than
John Stang
John Stang is a freelance writer who often covers state government and the environment. He can be reached on email at johnstang_8@hotmail.com and on Twitter at @johnstang_8
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Environment
At long last, Hanford poised to clean up nuclear waste with glass
The Hanford nuclear reservation is on track to start encasing huge volumes of its worst radioactive wastes in glass within
News
WA state employee files claim over order to falsify fuel forecast
A recently retired state economist has filed a complaint against the Washington State Department of Transportation, alleging he was ordered
politics
Petitions delivered to drop WA’s carbon pricing system
Opponents of Washington’s fledgling carbon pricing system on Tuesday turned in 418,399 signatures to the Secretary of State’
Environment
Report raises concerns about tracing water quality, salmon safety
The U.S. and Washington environmental agencies are not adequately tracking how high water temperatures and oxygen-depleting substances are harming