A brief overview of the good news on the State budget front.
Washingtonians are parsing the state budget passed last weekby a divided legislature. It adds $1.8 billion for basic education over the next two years. A big chunk of that comes from the closure of a so-called “extractive fuel” loophole, which is one of several new policies that many environmentally progressive groups like.
Eric de Place, an energy and climate policy analyst at the Seattle-based Sightline Institute, says from his perspective, the new state budget is mostly good news.
“I think on net, the budget was a win for the environment and a win for the climate,” de Place said.
http://knkx.org/post/wash-budget-has-pros-and-cons-environmental-policies
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