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On the heels of Seattle’s green jobs failure earlier this week, the Department of Commerce says it has good news in job creation.  A close look at the data, however, show the program falls far short of promises for jobs and energy savings.

Last week the Puget Sound Partnership’s Leadership Council adopted a series of ecosystem recovery targets that will be used to determine if the Puget Sound is on the road to recovery by 2020.  The targets are meant to represent the diverse uses and components within the Sound.

Over the past several years, Gov. Gregoire has claimed success with building a "green" economy here in Washington on a number of occasions.  In her Earth Day press release today, the Governor claims:

Last week the Washington Policy Center participated in a public forum in Olympia to discuss the impacts of stormwater pollution, as well as possible solutions that would help stem the flow of contaminated runoff.  The forum, which we co-hosted with the left-leaning Sightline Institute and InvestigateWest, was attended by more than 60 people, including activists, business interests, state and local agencies and several elected officials.

This year, the environmental community is making protection of the environmental budget one of its top "priorities." The lobbyist for the Washington Environmental Council told the Associated Press, "Many of these programs are close to being decimated."

Unfortunately, they haven't always been so careful about setting priorities, supporting budget expenditures in the past that were more about politics than environmental benefit.

In the eighth part of our series, we look back at the eco-fad “Car-free days,” highlighting the lack of results and the high costs.

This year, the environmental community is making protection of the environmental budget one of its top "priorities." The lobbyist for the Washington Environmental Council told the Associated Press, "Many of these programs are close to being decimated."

Unfortunately, they haven't always been so careful about setting priorities, supporting budget expenditures in the past that were more about politics than environmental benefit.