State wastes a bundle trying to be ‘green’ - Port Orchard Independent

...as part of developing a strategy on climate change, the state hired the Center for Climate Strategies (CCS) to organize Washington’s Climate Advisory Team and analyze the costs and benefits of a wide range of potential strategies.
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For this service, Washington paid $200,000 to CCS.
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What’s more, the proposals developed by the Climate Action Team were never acted upon, and a bill incorporating their ideas never even received a vote in committee.

Washington paid more than other states — and all for nothing.