2009 News Archive

Lawmakers should empower state’s economy with a clean-energy plan

Thu Mar 19 2009

It’s time for our leaders to get serious about climate solutions. Neither nature nor the economy can wait. We can build a new energy economy that delivers much stronger economic performance while protecting the climate. But we’ve got to get cracking.…
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Gregoire pleads for teeth in a climate bill

The Seattle Times, Wed Mar 18 2009

Gov. Chris Gregoire, in a rare appearance Tuesday before a state legislative committee, urged a stronger climate-change measure aimed at cutting pollution.

Gregoire, testifying before the House Ecology and Parks Committee, said Washington need…
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Van Jones tapped as ‘green’ jobs adviser

E&E Publishing, Tue Mar 10 2009

Author and activist Van Jones will serve as a special White House adviser for “green” jobs, enterprise and innovation.

Jones, 40, will work within the Council on Environmental Quality, which coordinates President Obama’s climate, energy and ot…
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Stimulus dollars energize efforts to smarten up the electric power grid

Tue Mar 10 2009

Smart grid is an essential component of President Obama’s plan to change the nation’s energy habits and reduce U.S. dependence on fossil fuels, especially foreign oil. It would energize his hopes for more jobs and fewer pollutants while remaking a ne…
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Major Oregon utilities ahead of green energy goals

The Statesman Journal, Mon Mar 9 2009

Major Oregon utilities are far ahead of a 2011 deadline to meet the state’s mandated renewable energy goals.

In 2007, state legislators passed a renewable energy mandate that 25 percent of Oregon’s energy had to come from wind, solar, geotherm…
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Wind farms provide energy - and work

The Sacramento Bee, Fri Feb 27 2009

Like the first blades of grass in scorched earth, a new crop of wind turbines in Solano County will be generating not only electricity but steady income for refugees of the ravaged housing and automotive industries.

The beneficiaries include A…
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Cap-and-invest approach good for environment and economy

The Seattle Times, Mon Feb 23 2009

Forward-looking business leaders in Washington should support Gov. Chris Gregoire’s cap and invest bill. This legislation tackles three critical issues — our economy, our national security and our environment — all in ways that will benefit the busin…
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State should be at forefront of green economy

The Olympian, Thu Feb 19 2009

One of the most contentious issues of the 2009 legislative session is the debate shaping up over Gov. Chris Gregoire’s proposal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions starting in 2012.

Supporters of the so-called cap-and-trade legislation got a b…
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Wind energy contracts to bring jobs to Vancouver port

http://www.columbian.com/article/20090205/BIZ01/702069984, Thu Feb 5 2009

Thursday, February 5 | 1:04 p.m.

BY CAMI JONER

COLUMBIAN STAFF WRITER

Gusts of new jobs to handle more wind-ene…
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Washington State’s green jobs proposal

Majority Democrats in the state Senate unveiled a package of proposed laws on Tuesday that they say will boost the state’s energy efficiency while creating thousands of “green jobs.”

The Seattle Times, Wed Jan 28 2009

Majority Democrats in the state Senate unveiled a package of proposed laws on Tuesday that they say will boost the state’s energy efficiency while creating thousands of “green jobs.”

It’s the latest of several legislative proposals that would …
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