Dive Brief:
Widespread adoption of electric vehicles will happen within the next decade, experts say, and there is growing pressure on states to ensure they develop sufficient charging infrastructure to accommodate the transition.
Washington is now considering legislation to ban the sale of internal combustion light duty vehicles by 2030, and three other states led by California have announced 2035 targets. Experts at Edmunds, an online auto resource, say 2021 could be a pivotal year for growth in the EV sector, and GM has announced plans to sell only zero-emissions cars within the next 15 years.
Two new reports this week conclude California is farthest along in developing policies to support transportation electrification. Research from Plug in America and the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy highlights the broad range of policy options state regulators and lawmakers can utilize to smooth the adoption of emissions-free vehicles.
YakTriNews.com
February 2, 2021 11:22 AM The Associated Press
Ted S. Warren
A person who lives in a neighborhood near the Capitol in Olympia, Wash., but did not want to be identified due to concerns over her family s safety, pauses while walking her dog with her son, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, with the Legislative Building in the background.
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) The Washington state House late Monday passed a bill that would allocate $2.2 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funding.
The bill, which advanced from the House by a 61-36 vote, now moves to the Senate.
The Olympian reports the measure directs federal funding to an array of high-priority areas for relief.
Washington Democrats decry Inslee s disastrous reopening plan, push for emergency aid by Tim Gruver, The Center Square | February 02, 2021 09:00 AM Print this article
A host of Washington state lawmakers are racing ahead of Gov. Jay Inslee to assist pandemic-ravaged small businesses as his reopening plan takes heat from fellow Democrats.
When Inslee issued Washington s first statewide stay-at-home order on March 23, the state s weekly case average was 154. On Monday, it was 1,671, the state Department of Health
Between then and now, his phased reopening plans have taken on many shapes, but political pressures and fierce pushback from business owners have seen him set