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The notion that oil prices have fallen and the state has been overly reliant on oil does not mean we should destroy a wildlife refuge… The legislation before the committee would require that the refuge’s coastal plain be placed in oil and gas development. It really does turn regular order on is head.
House puts ‘poison pill’ in plan to rewrite I-937’s energy standards
Via Pacific NW Portal, The Olympian’s Brad Shannon reports that some House Democrats teamed up with Republicans earlier tonight to throw a monkey wrench into Senator Brown and Senator Marr’s attempt to weaken Initiative 937, the renewable energy standards initiative passed by voters in 2006. The final bill passed the House basically does away with I-937 altogether, apparently, which the Senate may find unacceptable…
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