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At the 2024 meeting of the North American Carbon World, Director of the Washington State Department of Ecology, Laura Watson, suggested that the result of the reason for the sudden drop in settlement price for carbon allowances in the first auction of the year was a result of the initiative getting on the ballot. [5] [6]
WSECU was founded in 1957 [4] by 40 Washington state government employees. [5] [better source needed] The charter was initially limited to employees of Local No. 443, but expanded in 1958 to include all state employees, Washington State Employees Association and the Washington Federation of State Employees and Credit Union Employees. In 2013 ...
The Washington state government also met their goal of 15% below 2005 baseline emissions for both 2020 and 2021, both years staying more than 13% below the limit. [24] In 2021, HB 1050 further restricted emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), mainly used as refrigerants in air conditioners and industrial operations. [25]
The WSU Energy Program is responsible for supporting the residential sections for the 2009 Washington State Energy Code. In addition, the program's building science team conducts research on building wall systems, and works with the construction industry, code officials, facility managers, homeowners, and others to improve building efficiency.
The Department of Labor and Industries was created by an act of the state legislature in 1921, overseeing industrial insurance, worker safety, and industrial relations. [2] [3] The new agency superseded the Bureau of Labor, created in 1901 to inspect workplaces, and minor state boards and commissions monitoring worker health, safety, and insurance claims.
The 2022 Washington Secretary of State special election was held on November 8, 2022. Incumbent Kim Wyman , a Republican , resigned from the office on November 19, 2021, to become the senior election security lead for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the Biden administration 's Department of Homeland Security . [ 1 ]
The Washington State Community College system was first established by the Community College Act of 1967. [ 1 ] The Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, along with administering the Community and Technical College Act, [ 2 ] provides the member colleges with leadership and information technology services .
As of 2022, the agency has 1,484 full-time employees and an annual budget of $443 million.It collected $3.07 billion in revenue during fiscal year 2022. [31] As of 2022, the DOL has issued 5.98 million driver's licenses and 800,000 identification cards and learner's permits; approximately 8.05 million vehicles were registered with the DOL.