Budget is important, but special session should also focus on creating quality local jobs

nelp-jobs-brief

The upcoming special session in Olympia will focus on the state budget – but voters (and our tax dollars!) would get a lot more value out of it if legislators put an equal amount of time and effort into creating quality jobs with lasting value for local communities. And Washington legislators have lots of options […]

Double dividend: Comments from the Northwest Carbon Pricing Conference

The Northwest Carbon Pricing Conference, held May 21, 2011, convened a diverse group of concerned citizens, business and labor leaders, elected officials, students, and scholars to discuss carbon pricing as a strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and drive clean energy development. One of the speakers at the conference, EOI Executive Director John Burbank, spoke […]

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