Congressman Dan Newhouse supports clean and renewable energy efforts but said the alternative energy needs to be affordable. Flipping to clean sources overnight isn’t a proverbial flip of a switch, he said during a visit to Olympia last week.
February 20, 2023
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Evergreen State looks to go greener
Renewable energy topic of conversation at Capitol as Washington legislative session rolls on.
OLYMPIA – Looking to go green, the Washington House and Senate are considering a bill requested by the governor that would identify possible clean energy sites across the state and create a council to evaluate clean energy projects with the goal of transitioning off fossil fuels. “Eastern Washington is blessed by incredible things the Creator has given, which is water, beautiful topsoil, great growing conditions; but the Creator also gave them the two biggest resources of energy which is the sun and the wind,” Washington Governor Jay Inslee told the Herald...