COLFAX, WA – Millions of dollars are being spent on dozens of local projects in Washington from revenue generated by the state’s Climate Commitment Act.
The act includes a cap and tax program that has driven up costs in Washington, including some of the highest gas prices in the nation.

The Washington State Department of Ecology has issued a report detailing how the new dollars have been spent. The state is spending about 1.5 billion dollars in CCA revenues in the current two-year budget.

Dozens of local projects in Whitman County are being funded by the act. The list includes a million dollars to help pay for the City of Pullman’s downtown reconstruction. The city also received about a half a million dollars for a new electric Pullman Transit bus along with a charging station. There’s about 200,000 dollars for rebates for high-efficiency appliances. The Palouse Conservation District received 370,000 dollars for a watershed improvement project, including the planting of 15,000 trees.

The district also received 92,00 dollars for a three-day stream clean-up conference, which was attended by 22 people. 251,000 dollars was spent on weatherization services for low-income households. The City of Palouse received 83,000 dollars to reforest three acres of community forest. A 100,000 dollar project installed three new wells for a rancher to avoid hauling water for livestock. 182,000 dollars went to local farmers who should have been exempted from paying the higher prices at the pump caused by the act. 115,000 dollars went to the Pine Creek Conservation District for a “chipper day” in Rosalia to dispose of yard waste.
You can find a link the new report here.