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    Western Governors approve bipartisan policy resolutions on air quality, com...

    Published on December 09, 2024
    To kick off the 2024 Winter Meeting of the Western Governors’ Association, the Governors in attendance announced the passage of five bipartisan policy resolutions relate...
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    Air Quality

    Western Governors approve bipartisan policy resolutions on air quality, com...

    Published on December 09, 2024

    Policy Resolution 2025-05, Physical and Behavioral Health Care in Western S...

    Published on December 09, 2024
    Access to high-quality physical and behavioral health care services is a cornerstone for maintaining and enhancing the quality of life in western states.  However, the We...
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    Healthcare

    Policy Resolution 2025-05, Physical and Behavioral Health Care in Western S...

    Published on December 09, 2024

    Policy Resolution 2025-04, Compensatory Mitigation

    Published on December 09, 2024
    Compensatory mitigation plays an important role in wildlife management and conservation, offsetting the loss of wetland and aquatic resource functions in a watershed affected ...
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    Environmental Management

    Policy Resolution 2025-04, Compensatory Mitigation

    Published on December 09, 2024

    Policy Resolution 2025-03, Workforce Development in the Western United Stat...

    Published on December 09, 2024
    Education and workforce training that is aligned with industry demand creates opportunity for students and workers to secure good jobs and builds a skilled workforce that can ...
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    Economic Development

    Policy Resolution 2025-03, Workforce Development in the Western United Stat...

    Published on December 09, 2024

    Policy Resolution 2025-02, Air Quality Protection and Management

    Published on December 09, 2024
    Clean air is essential for strong communities and quality of life.  Air quality is influenced by many human activities and natural phenomena.  Western states have ge...
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    Air Quality

    Policy Resolution 2025-02, Air Quality Protection and Management

    Published on December 09, 2024

    Policy Resolution 2025-01, Energy in the West

    Published on December 09, 2024
    Western energy production and delivery infrastructure are indispensable to meeting our nation’s energy demand, and the energy sector is a significant contributor to the ...
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    Energy

    Policy Resolution 2025-01, Energy in the West

    Published on December 09, 2024

    Western Governors express support for provisions within America’s Outdoor...

    Published on September 03, 2024
    In correspondence with Senate leadership and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Western Governors expressed support for provisions within America’s Ou...
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    Environmental Management

    Western Governors express support for provisions within America’s Outdoor...

    Published on September 03, 2024

    Western Governors highlight shared policy recommendations in the final repo...

    Published on August 28, 2024
    In correspondence with Congressional leadership, Western Governors expressed their bipartisan support for several recommendations in the final report of the Wildland Fire Miti...
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    Environmental Management

    Western Governors highlight shared policy recommendations in the final repo...

    Published on August 28, 2024

    Western Governors adopt five policy resolutions

    Published on June 11, 2024
    To kick off WGA’s 2024 Annual Meeting in Olympic Valley, California, Western Governors formally adopted five policy resolutions.
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    Environmental Management

    Western Governors adopt five policy resolutions

    Published on June 11, 2024

    WGA Policy Resolution 2024-09, Water Quality in the West

    Published on June 11, 2024
    Clean water is essential to strong economies, healthy ecosystems, and quality of life in the West.  In this resolution, Governors emphasize states’ role as co-regul...
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    Environmental Management

    WGA Policy Resolution 2024-09, Water Quality in the West

    Published on June 11, 2024

    WGA Signs Shared Stewardship MOU with USDA

    Published on June 11, 2024
    In the face of mounting land management challenges, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Xochitl Torres Small spoke with five Western Governors at the 2024 Annual Meeting of t...
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    Environmental Management

    WGA Signs Shared Stewardship MOU with USDA

    Published on June 11, 2024

    WGA Policy Resolution 2024-05, Disaster Preparedness and Response

    Published on June 11, 2024
    The resolution recognizes the role Governors have in coordinating the four phases of emergency management: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. It also highlights...
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    Environmental Management

    WGA Policy Resolution 2024-05, Disaster Preparedness and Response

    Published on June 11, 2024

    Decarbonizing the West initiative report

    Published on June 06, 2024
    Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon, Chair of the Western Governors’ Association (WGA), launched the Decarbonizing the West initiative in 2023 to examine how decarbonization st...
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    Energy

    Decarbonizing the West initiative report

    Published on June 06, 2024

    Western Governors submit testimony on FY 2025 appropriations to House, Sena...

    Published on May 10, 2024
    The Western Governors’ Association submitted testimony on behalf of the Western Governors to House and Senate leadership on FY 2025 appropriations and act...
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    Agriculture

    Western Governors submit testimony on FY 2025 appropriations to House, Sena...

    Published on May 10, 2024

    Explore policy mechanisms for permitting carbon transportation infrastructu...

    Published on April 17, 2024
    Permitting carbon transport infrastructure “is nonnegotiable if we're serious about decarbonizing in this country,” Scyller Borglum, the Underground Storage Ma...
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    Energy

    Explore policy mechanisms for permitting carbon transportation infrastructu...

    Published on April 17, 2024

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