A U.S. Fish and Wildlife proposal to kill non-native barred owls to protect the endangered northern spotted owl has sparked controversy among conservation groups.
The new climate-centric legislation lays out a framework for the transition to clean energy for the state’s largest utility, Puget Sound Energy, and others.“It would be very unwise, prudent, and economically kind of dumb to shackle ourselves to a product that’s going to cost more money over time,” Inslee said during a press conference in Olympia on March 7is not the natural gas ban that opponents accuse it of being.
“It’s a good bill because it helps Washington move forward in this transition in a planning way over years to help people in this transition. I’m confident it will do that. The majority of legislators shared my view in this regard,” Inslee said. “It will make it more expensive to build homes. It will make our energy grid more unreliable for the people that are living in those homes, and it will force people living in current homes that are served by Puget Sound Energy Natural gas to convert their homes and potentially be unable to stay and live in their home,” said Jan Himebaugh the managing director of external affairs for the Building Industry Association of Washington.
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