A new eco-fuel development nonprofit, dubbed the Cascadia Sustainable Aviation Accelerator, in Snohomish County is the state’s latest effort to support sustainable aviation fuel. That effort includes a proposed green jet fuel production facility south of the Tri-Cities. 

The future of a $1 billion fertilizer plant in Richland is in doubt after the Trump administration on Oct. 1 nixed funding for the Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub and other federally-subsidized clean energy projects in Democratic-led states. 

A billion-dollar, taxpayer-funded enterprise to kickstart a clean hydrogen industry in the Pacific Northwest took another hit due to energy companies getting cold feet.