Environment
Lawsuit against Washington cap-and-trade program set for hearing
The first legal showdown over Washington’s cap-and-trade program, which went into effect in January, will be Sept. 22 in
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
Washington considers consolidating elk management
Critics say that eliminating local control of the 10 populations in favor of a statewide plan could threaten Native treaty rights.
politics
Group petitions to dump Washington’s new carbon-pricing system
Advocacy organization Let’s Go Washington is gathering signatures on six policy-related petitions that it wants to bring to the Legislature.
News
The beauty and pains of biking WA’s Palouse-to-Cascades Trail
Part of the national Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, the path converts abandoned rail lines and links King County to the Idaho border.
Environment
Why Washington gas prices are the nation’s highest
Oil companies that buy emissions from the new carbon cap program are passing the cost to consumers at the pump. But are the increases a bug or a feature?