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Doug Sutherland to Receive Environmental Innovator Award from Local Think Tank
Seattle – Washington Policy Center (WPC) is pleased to announce today that its 2010 Environmental Innovator Award will be awarded to the Honorable Doug Sutherland, former Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands.
Each year WPC awards its Environmental Innovator Award to groups or individuals who have helped promote innovative and effective approaches to environmental sustainability.
Cap-and-Trade Could Cost Washington as Many as 18,292 Net Jobs, $5.7 Billion in Personal Income
Seattle — Specific proposals that several Western states would implement to comply with a proposed cap-and-trade carbon emissions control pact would destroy jobs and erode income, according to a report co-released by a national economics institute and the Washington Policy Center.
Governor's "Green" Building Proposal Founded on History of Costly and Ineffective Eco-fads
Statement of Washington Policy Center Environmental Director Todd Myers on the Governor’s State of the State Address
Seattle - “In her State of the State address today, the Governor announced a program to retrofit state buildings with a ‘green building program’ that she claims will save $60 million. Washington politicians frequently make such claims, but in the past they have been consistently inaccurate and even retracted by the agencies overseeing the projects.
Governor’s Chief of Staff: State’s Climate Policy Worse than Federal Cap-and-Trade
Seattle - Claiming that Washington families and workers benefit from her executive order on climate regulation, Governor Christine Gregoire is preparing to head to Copenhagen to attend the conference on climate change. Despite those claims, however, internal briefing documents marked “confidential” show that officials know the proposal will hurt Washington businesses and families.
Dow Constantine is Lying about Washington Policy Center
Seattle - In a new T.V. ad King County Executive candidate Dow Constantine renews his attack on Washington Policy Center, claiming WPC’s Policy Guide for Washington State opposes green energy jobs.
Constantine’s claim is false. WPC’s research shows that policymakers should be aware that efforts to create jobs by promoting green technology may be offset by jobs losses in other economic sectors.
On page 75 the Policy Guide says:
