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Spokane Council narrows language on waste‑to‑energy in state legislative agenda to keep carbon‑capture options open
Summary
The City Council adopted an amended 2026 state legislative agenda that broadens language on the city’s waste‑to‑energy priorities to include carbon capture and other greenhouse‑gas mitigation strategies; council approved the amendment 5‑2.
Spokane City Council members voted Dec. 1 to adopt an amended city legislative agenda for the upcoming state session that broadens the city’s language on waste‑to‑energy policy to avoid endorsing carbon capture as the exclusive mitigation strategy.
Eric Paulson, who briefed the measure, said the amended language asks for "more time and state support to implement technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including but not limited to carbon capture and improve reuse, recycle,…
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