Washington State Regulators Withdraw Proposed Carbon-Cap Rule – Industries would have had to reduce emissions five percent every three years (Associated Press)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/feb/26/regulators-withdraw-proposed-carbon-cap-rule/

Washington State Considers Nation’s First Carbon Emissions Tax (Associated Press)

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CARBON_TAX_WASHINGTON?

Oregon Created a Tax Break for Google Fiber – But Comcast May Be the Big Winner (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2016/02/oregon_created_a_tax_break_for.html

Washington State Turns Up Heat for Victoria Sewage Plant, Eyes Travel Curbs (Vancouver Sun, BC)

http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/washington+turns+heat+victoria+sewage+plant+eyes+travel+curbs/11749709/story.html

West Coast Sardine Populations, Long Sinking, Look Even Worse in Forecast (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/west-coast-sardine-populations-long-sinking-look-even-worse-in-forecast/

Report: Man Says He Shot Wife, Children in Belfair (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)

http://mynorthwest.com/11/2921384/Deputies-called-to-report-of-4-shot-near-Belfair

Coal, Climate Change Clash in Colstrip – Residents Defend Fuel That Built This Town (Great Falls Tribune, MT)

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2016/02/24/coal-climate-change-clash-colstrip/80878776/