Washington Is Giving #Tax Breaks to #Data Centers That Threaten the State’s Green #Energy Push
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In 2019, #Washington adopted legislation requiring electric utilities to go carbon-neutral in a decade.
Yet lawmakers continued to promote the growth of energy-guzzling data centers with generous tax incentives.
#News #Taxes #PNW #Environment #Electricity #Power #Government #Regulation
https://www.propublica.org/article/data-centers-clean-energy-washington-state
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