Folks, looks like we need to get on the phone and talk directly to our lawmakers if these are going to pass. – editor
3/3 Olympian —-KATIE SCHMIDT; Staff writer
With Washington’s 2011 legislative session half over and a big budget gap still left to fill, environmental lobbyists say they’ve made some compromises on their agenda, but they still have high hopes for their top priorities this year.
The Environmental Priorities Coalition, which represents 24 environmental groups in the state, started off the year with four main legislative goals:
End coal-fired electricity generation, limit phosphorus pollution from fertilizer, fund stormwater cleanup and mitigate budget cuts to environmental programs.
Now, with the session well under way, bills are up for consideration on most of those issues. But they face tenacious opposition from Republican lawmakers, business people and farmers who say that with a state budget crisis and sputtering economy, it’s not the time to institute new regulations.
More at
http://www.theolympian.com/2011/03/03/1564155/monday-deadline-looms-for-environmental.html
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