Published works by Elaine Spencer

Published works

• Defeat of the Carbon Tax: As Washington Increasingly Mimics the Partisan Gridlock of the “other Washington,” it Risks Losing Progressive Action in the Name of Progressive Principles

  Science, Law & the Environment · February 22, 2019

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• Cap and Trade to Reduce Carbon Emissions in Washington Is SO 1990s

  Science, Law & the Environment · November 11, 2014

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• Cap and Trade versus a Carbon Tax: Where is Bill Gates Sr. When We Need Him?

  Science, Law & the Environment · July 1, 2014

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• The Courts Exit the Debate Over Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  Science, Law & the Environment · February 14, 2014

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• Why Don’t the New SEPA Rules the Department of Ecology Recently Issued for Comment Include Amendments to the GMA/SEPA Integration Rules?

  Science, Law & the Environment · January 19, 2014

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• Hope, Despair and the Challenges Going Forward: The IEA 2012 Report on World Energy Statistics

  Science, Law & the Environment · June 17, 2013

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• Electric Vehicles, Hybrids and Bicycles Need to Pay Their Share

  Science, Law & the Environment · April 1, 2013

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• Why Electric Cars Require Us to Get Electric Rates Right Now

  Science, Law & the Environment · February 25, 2013

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• Seattle Energy Code — Part Two

  Science, Law & the Environment · February 6, 2013

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• The Seattle 2012 Energy Code – Part 1

  Science, Law & the Environment · January 3, 2013

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• The Blessing and Curse of Low BPA Electric Rates as the Northwest Moves Towards a Clean Energy Future

  Science, Law & the Environment · November 19, 2012

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• A Traveler’s Observations about Energy Consumption in Spain

  Science, Law & the Environment · September 4, 2012

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• What Does Data Show About the Economics of Regional Cap-and-Trade?

  Science, Law & the Environment · July 23, 2012

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• In Defense(?) of the Initiative

  Science, Law & the Environment · July 17, 2012

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• Can a New Political Consensus be Found to Keep a 75-Year Supply of Natural Gas from Dooming Renewable Energy?

  Science, Law & the Environment · April 16, 2012

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• How Long Will The Legislature Be Stuck In Neutral On Green Energy?

  Science, Law & the Environment · April 2, 2012

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• Washington’s State Energy Strategy

  Science, Law & the Environment · January 17, 2012

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• Washington’s Utilities and Transportation Commission Tackles the Conundrum of Distributed Energy, Part 2

  Science, Law & the Environment · December 2, 2011

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• Washington’s Utilities and Transportation Commission Tackles the Conundrum of Distributed Energy, Part 1

  Science, Law & the Environment · November 28, 2011

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• Seattle Resolves to Achieve Zero Net Green House Gas Emissions by 2050

  Science, Law & the Environment · October 27, 2011

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• The City of Seattle is a Microcosm of Why You Should and Why You May Not Build a LEED Building

  Science, Law & the Environment · October 5, 2011

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• October 1 Deadline for Seattle Building Owners to Complete Energy Benchmarking Reports

  Science, Law & the Environment · September 15, 2011

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• Oberlin, Ohio Joins the Ground Game of Carbon Neutrality

  Science, Law & the Environment · August 23, 2011

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• Score One for Producing Electricity from Biomass

  Science, Law & the Environment · July 5, 2011

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• EPA Gives Itself Three More Years To Figure Out A Tailoring Rule For Biomass Energy

  Science, Law & the Environment · June 9, 2011

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