Clean-Car Dominoes VI

Governor Gregoire made it official last Friday: Washington will adopt California’s clean-car standards. The standards will take effect in 2009, assuming that Oregon also adopts the standards—a critical and unusual provision in Washington’s legislation.

Eric de Place

Eric de Place, former director of the Thin Green Line program, spearheaded Sightline’s work on energy policy for two decades. A leading expert on coal, oil, and gas export plans in the Pacific Northwest, he is considered an authority on a range of issues connected to fossil fuel transport, including carbon emissions, local pollution, transportation system impacts, rail policy, and economics. Find his research here.