Environment Washington’s 2024 Legislative Recap
The 2024 legislative session has come to a close. Read on to learn about environmental progress we're celebrating, and some of the missed opportunities we'll continue to work towards next year.
Good news
We’re focused on building a greener, healthier future, but we shouldn’t miss the positive environmental stories we’re seeing — and making — along the way.
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Refrigerator standards set to cut energy waste
Five of the biggest wins for wildlife and wild places in 2023
Updates
Utility-scale solar capacity eclipses nuclear
To save the bees, we must track pesticides
Energy Conservation & Efficiency
Biden administration updates efficiency standards for washing machines & clothes dryers
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Student Action Workshop: Writing legislators & letters to the editor
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Energy Conservation & Efficiency
Seattle City Council unanimously advances climate-friendly building policy
New building emission performance standards are most ambitious in the nation.
U.S. pledges to triple renewable energy by 2030
At global summit, US joins more than 115 nations in pledging to double energy efficiency and triple renewable energy capacity by 2030.
Most Americans ok with wind and solar farms as neighbors
Recent polling suggests most Americans support clean energy projects in their communities
Statement: Fed govt. approves nation’s largest wind farm off Virginia’s coast
The U.S. Department of the Interior approved Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project. The 176 turbines are expected to produce enough electricity to power 660,000 homes.
What’s being done to save the bees?
California's governor has signed a save the bees bill. Now 1 in 4 Americans live in a state that restricts bee-killing pesticides.
