Environmental Agenda Limited
By
John Dodge
The Olympian
December 23, 2009
Article in The Olympian.
"OLYMPIA - The state's environmental community enters the 2010 state Legislature trying to hold the line on further cuts on the natural resources front.
The modest environmental agenda built in the face of a projected $2.6 billion budget deficit also advances two bills that failed to pass the 2009 session – a fee on petroleum products to pay for stormwater projects and another to phase out the use of a toxic chemical in baby bottles.
The state’s environmental programs could face further cuts on top of the 25 percent hit they took in the 2009-11 biennium budget passed last year..."
