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State halts rebates to farmers hit with fuel fees under WA climate law

Instead, a new online directory shows retailers who provide the farm fuel exemption by not imposing surcharges
October 21, 2025
Jerry Cornfield

Lawmakers are hoping instead that legislation enacted in May will make it easier for farm fuel users and haulers of agricultural goods to receive the fuel exemption promised under the state’s cap-and-trade system.


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Study: Cover crops can benefit farmers, boost biofuel production

October 19, 2025
TCAJOB Staff

A new paper authored by Washington State University researchers and partners based in the Tri-Cities identifies two cover crops that have positive or neutral impacts on soil quality and can be harvested and sold for biofuel production. 


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Amazon unveils name, designs for SMR project

October 16, 2025
Ty Beaver

A year after announcing a proposed new nuclear project between multinational retailer Amazon, nuclear developer X-energy and Energy Northwest, more details have emerged, including plans to begin construction within the next five years. 


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Sustainable aviation fuel project clears key regulatory hurdle

October 13, 2025
Ty Beaver

A Dutch company planning a sustainable aviation fuel production facility southeast of the Tri-Cities has cleared an important regulatory hurdle for the project.


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Port officials optimistic about contamination test results

October 13, 2025
Rachel Visick

The Port of Kennewick is feeling optimistic after receiving the results from additional soil testing at Vista Field, though it still must wait on feedback from the state Department of Ecology.


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Major solar farm in eastern Washington on cusp of approval

October 9, 2025
Jerry Cornfield

A large solar farm proposed in eastern Washington appears on course to clear a critical regulatory hurdle this month, despite opposition from the Yakama Nation. 


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Lawmakers revisit WA’s plastic bag restrictions

October 6, 2025
Emily Fitzgerald

Washington shoppers will pay 4 cents more per plastic grocery bag starting in January. But the bags themselves won’t get any thicker for at least another two years as lawmakers fine-tune the state’s single-use plastic bag restrictions. 


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‘Unprecedented’ cutoff of surface water irrigation in Yakima Basin

October 5, 2025
Ty Beaver

Starting today, no more surface water may be used for irrigation in the Yakima Basin through the remainder of October. 


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State officials issue draft decision on start of wind farm construction

October 5, 2025
Ty Beaver

State officials are proposing to largely allow the developer of a wind farm in the Horse Heaven Hills to proceed with construction, though not to the extent desired by the developer. 


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WSU team unlocks biological process behind coho die-offs

September 19, 2025
Guest Contributor

For years, scientists at Washington State University’s Puyallup Research & Extension Center have been working to untangle a mystery: Why do coho salmon in Puget Sound creeks seem to suffocate after rainstorms – rising to the surface, gaping, and swimming in circles before dying?


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