Items Tagged with "Washington"

Washington adopts rule to cap large carbon emitters

...ailable on the department's website....t. 15, following a state news conference in which Washington Department of Ecology Director Maia Bel...ric tons of carbon pollution annually; those Washington companies will be required to cap and t Read More...

Washington governor revives carbon tax proposal

In introducing plan to support pay for teachers and other public school workers,  Washington Gov. Jay Inslee recently proposed a host of new taxes, including a state carbon tax that would charge emitters $25 per metric ton starting in 2018.The carbon tax as proposed is expected to raise $2 Read More...

Microsoft reaches utility deal to purchase clean power

...ls, Microsoft Corp. has reached a settlement with Washington utility Puget Sound Energy to allow the...y Microsoft, Puget Sound Energy, the staff of the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission...through varied and often innovative methods.  Read More...

REI, Starbucks, Target opt in for PSE green tariff

...lled "Green Direct," was recently approved by the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission...ing County, with government entities like Western Washington University and Sound Transit also commi...mers being served by it as "groundbreaking."  Read More...

Starbucks nears commercial operation of 1st solar farm

..., Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington, D.C. The investment is somewhat of a p... Partnership Retail Top 30 in 2016.Separately, in Washington state, the company is expanding it...e company's roasting facility in Kent, Wash.  Read More...

Agriculture Dept. inks $4.2M energy savings contract

... 6, which encompasses forests in parts of Oregon, Idaho and Washington. The energy savings performance contract, ESPC, between the Forest Service and GreenGen includes the installation of "lighting, HVAC, and solar photovoltaics (PVs) to reduce energy consumption throughout 52 sites with over 392 bu Read More...

Regulators grant Microsoft direct access

...rosoft.Microsoft Corp. announced July 13 that the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission... other 20% will continue to be purchased from the Washington-based utility, according to a news rele...d for residents, the environment and the state of Washington,” Brad Smith, president and chief Read More...