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    10/18/24

    Western Governors work to provide long term housing for residents displaced by wildfire

    CATEGORY: Housing, WGA News
    10/17/24

    Best of the West: World Geothermal Energy Day; new marine sanctuary; Texas-Oklahoma border; Housing Crisis Task Force; finding missing persons; western trade with Korea

    CATEGORY: Best of the West
    10/10/24

    Best of the West: Agrivoltaics bloom; salmon swim free; hurricane recovery; doubling power production; restoring waterways

    CATEGORY: Best of the West
    10/09/24

    Help WGA scope Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s Chair initiative by taking the BRAND West initiative survey

    CATEGORY: Economic Development, Housing, Western Governors’ Association , WGA News
    10/07/24

    Current and former Western Governors discuss bipartisanship, call for unity in joint interviews with PBS Books

    CATEGORY: WGA News, 40th Anniversary
    10/03/24

    Best of the West: Reviving passenger rail; solar workforce boom; monitoring water from space; portable nuclear generator; economics of outdoor rec; record-breaking pumpkin

    CATEGORY: Best of the West
    09/26/24

    Best of the West: Using AI to detect wildfires; advocating for RECA; Utah solar; sustainable aviation fuel; wildfire fuels reduction; and endangered fish restoration

    CATEGORY: Best of the West
    09/19/24

    Best of the West: Record-breaking geothermal production; national park gateway towns; overdose deaths down; Hispanic Heritage Month; big bet on recycling; tribal pollution reduction

    CATEGORY: Best of the West
    09/12/24

    Best of the West: Expanding rural health care; Apache trout; carbon capture; 60 years of Canyonlands; mule deer; and building transmission lines

    CATEGORY: Best of the West
    09/05/24

    Best of the West: National Recovery Month; rural energy projects; air quality in schools; Great Salt Lake; hiring teachers; and rebuilding sage grouse habitat

    CATEGORY: Best of the West
    08/29/24

    Best of the West: Leading the microchip revival; collaborating on rural education; green cement; Paralympic Games; recharging aquifers; largest solar array on the continent; EV charging stations

    CATEGORY: Best of the West
    08/22/24

    Best of the West: Reimagining hydropower; new rules for geothermal; hiring wildland firefighters; Alzheimer’s research; solar cells; rare ocelot sighting

    CATEGORY: Best of the West
    08/15/24

    Best of the West: Clean power outpaces coal; opening the country’s largest direct air capture facility; a historic water agreement; closing the employment gap; and Smokey Bear turns 80

    CATEGORY: Best of the West
    08/08/24

    Best of the West: The future of small farms; building grid infrastructure; a resilient state park; Perseid meteor shower; Indigenous medical training; Alaskan heat pumps; and 3D printing houses

    CATEGORY: Best of the West
    08/08/24

    Year in Review: The Heat Beneath Our Feet

    CATEGORY: WGA News
    The Chair's Initiative

    Building Resilient and Affordable New Developments in the West

    New Mexico Michelle Lujan Grisham
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    REGISTER: The Oregon BRAND West initiative workshop will focus on regulatory reforms, attainable homeownership, and resilient housing
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    Western Governors secure key policy victories to close out 2024
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