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...
WGA Policy Resolution 2024-09, Water Quality in the West
Published on June 11, 2024
WGA Policy Resolution 2024-08, Cleaning Up Abandoned Hardrock Mines in the ...
Published on June 11, 2024
“Good Samaritans” are entities that voluntarily clean up abandoned mine sites. These Good Samaritans face potential liability under the Clean Water Act (CWA)...
WGA Policy Resolution 2024-08, Cleaning Up Abandoned Hardrock Mines in the ...
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...
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...
Western Governors submit testimony on FY 2025 appropriations to House, Sena...
Published on May 10, 2024
Western Governors voice support for the Radiation Exposure Compensation Rea...
Published on May 02, 2024
In correspondence with leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives, Western Governors expressed support for the Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act to addr...
Western Governors voice support for the Radiation Exposure Compensation Rea...
Published on May 02, 2024
Watch the 2024 Western Prosperity Forum
Published on April 24, 2024
The 2024 Western Prosperity Forum was chock-full of in-depth policy discussions about everything from digital equity and workforce development to extreme heat and ...
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...
Explore policy mechanisms for permitting carbon transportation infrastructu...
Published on April 17, 2024
Western Governors encourage Senate to allow states to determine eligibility...
Published on March 22, 2024
In correspondence with Senate leadership, Western Governors voiced their support for the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2024 and the pilot progr...
Western Governors encourage Senate to allow states to determine eligibility...
Published on March 22, 2024
WGA calls on Congress for more state control over infrastructure investment...
Published on March 22, 2024
In correspondence with the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, the Western Governors’ Association (WGA) submitted several polic...
WGA calls on Congress for more state control over infrastructure investment...
Published on March 22, 2024
WATCH: WGA Webinar explores strategies to mitigate liability concerns for ...
Published on March 20, 2024
The potential to permanently store vast quantities of captured carbon in the West’s subterranean geologic structures is often talked about as a game-changer in the world...
WATCH: WGA Webinar explores strategies to mitigate liability concerns for ...
Published on March 20, 2024
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek focuses the final Decarbonizing the West worksho...
Published on March 12, 2024
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek kicked off the final workshop of the Decarbonizing the West initiative by speaking about the importance of interstate collaboration for su...
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek focuses the final Decarbonizing the West worksho...
Published on March 12, 2024
Western Governors voice support for the Building Chips in America Act, enco...
Published on March 07, 2024
In correspondence with Congressional leadership, Western Governors expressed their support for measures in the bipartisan and bicameral Building Chips in America Act that woul...
Western Governors voice support for the Building Chips in America Act, enco...
Published on March 07, 2024
Governors Polis and Gordon discuss carbon removal technologies at Decarboni...
Published on February 08, 2024
In just a few years, carbon removal technology went from a provocative idea to a legitimate piece of the decarbonization puzzle with the potential to remove gigatons of carbon...
Governors Polis and Gordon discuss carbon removal technologies at Decarboni...
Published on February 08, 2024
Explore the potential for natural carbon sequestration at the Boise worksho...
Published on December 13, 2023
The Boise workshop of the Decarbonizing the West initiative workshop focused on strategies for expanding natural carbon sequestration methods as a way to not only de...
Explore the potential for natural carbon sequestration at the Boise worksho...
Published on December 13, 2023
WGA urges Congress to consider long-term funding for transportation infrast...
Published on November 13, 2023
In correspondence with the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife, the Western Governors’ Association (WGA) urged Congress to...
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