Todd Myers 🐟🌲🐝
@WAPolicyGreen
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Author, "Time to Think Small" & advocate of environmental innovation. VP for Research, WA Policy Center. Beekeeper. "Resembles sanity."
Seattle, WA
Joined April 2009
An important lesson for #EarthDay2025: . In 2024, Washington eradicated the murder hornet. That success didn’t come from government studies or bureaucracy. It came from cooperation and innovation. When stakes are high, markets are best at delivering environmental results. 1/2
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RT @ATabarrok: Paramount folded because it wants the admin to approve its merger and not hassle it with regulation. The broader lesson: re….
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A great question! Here are some things (I do most of these). 1. Get a @Sense monitor and track your electricity usage. This helps find ways to conserve. 2. Sign up for programs that save you money when you reduce peak-hour electricity use like @PSETalk Flex.
@WAPolicyGreen Todd, what are some things that individuals can do, without the government, to leave a cleaner planet to the next generation?.
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The program didn't hit any of its targets. It didn't increase sales as promised. It didn't reach the people it promised. CO2 reductions were virtually zero. Once again, politicians & government care more about looking good than actually helping the planet or people #waleg 2/2.
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Echoing our findings, @CascadePBSNews finds the state's $45 million EV rebates failed to achieve the promised goals. My favorite part is the comment from the head of @wacommerce saying that if they tried to actually keep their promises nothing would happen. 🤔 #waleg 1/2
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Gallup data show pride in being American continues to decline. But America continues to provide freedom and opportunity that is unmatched. Tomorrow, @WAPolicyCenter launches a series that rebuts the absurd claim that we shouldn’t be proud of American ideals. #waleg #America250
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Play it on repeat: if you care about the environment, don't put big talking (but phony) politicians in charge of caring for the planet. EV sales in Washington state continue to stall.2/2 #waleg.
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EV sales in Washington state fell to 12.5% of new passenger vehicle sales in May - virtually identical to 2024 even though taxpayers are paying tens of millions in subsidies to promote sales. Politicians love to make big promises, but routinely fail to deliver. 1/2 #waleg
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According to AAA, Washington's gas prices are 11.7 cents per gallon higher than last year. Meanwhile, Oregon's gas prices are slightly lower and national gas prices are 30.6 cents lower than last year. Happy Fourth of July traveling!.#waleg
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CT Gov. Ned Lamont (D) vetoed a bill that would have made striking workers eligible for unemployment benefits saying he wants to protect jobs. "I’m pro jobs and I want to watch out for any bill which I think discourages jobs in this state.”. #waleg.
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"Groups like American Rivers and Washington Conservation Action should pay a reputational price for their consistent dishonesty. After being wrong so many times, when they return to their doomsday scenario for Snake River chinook, the public, politicians, members of the media and.
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Groups like @americanrivers & WA Conservation Action routinely make apocalyptic predictions about Chinook returns on the Snake River. Four years ago, they said salmon would be "nearly extinct" this year. Instead, the return is 52% larger than when they made the claim 1/2 #waleg
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“There are those who say we should not have an SST. To them, I say we are vividly in an era of supersonic transports, with both the Russians and the British-French consortium way ahead of us technologically. Economically, it is obvious that we must compete, but we lose our.
Wyden: Even the heads of companies involved in fossil fuels are saying: we need solar quickly to get more electrons to the grid. This plan risks plunging us into an energy crisis. It would be a disaster and a total surrender to China on clean energy manufacturing. It's
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If you care about something, you track results. @EcologyWA admits it is violating state law and failing to track state CO2 emissions in a timely manner. So, do they actually care if our climate policies work? #waleg.
The @WAPolicyCenter sues the WA Department of Ecology for Hiding CO2 Data. You’d think if the $2 BILLION we’re spending on the Climate Commitment Act was actually working, they’d want us to know, right? Right??? 🤔. @WAPolicyGreen interview👇.
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The citizens who pay the bills don't get oversight of their government until the money is already spent. #waleg.
Read: WA Supreme Court says initial contract offers between the state and employee unions are not public records until #waleg funds the CBAs. Citizen Action Defense Fund argued they should be public when tentative agreements reached.
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Putin launched another day of missiles that, once again, killed civilians. Will we hear this kind of anger about that?.
President Trump on Israel and Iran: "We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the fuck they’re doing."
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“Sen. Jamie Pedersen (D) recently sent out an email claiming that Washington was one of the best places to do business in the United States. … The CNBC report quoted by Senator Pedersen, ranks Washington 42 out of 50 for business friendliness.”. #waleg
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