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Years ago, Washington passed a law requiring electric utilities to go carbon-neutral in a decade. Yet lawmakers continued to give generous tax incentives to data centers, which use a huge amount of electricity. In fact, in the last few years Washington has gotten a smaller share of its electricity from renewable sources than it did two decades ago, despite producing a quarter of the nation’s hydropower. Lulu Ramadan, investigative reporter at the Seattle Times, joins us to talk about her reporting.
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Years ago, Washington passed a law requiring electric utilities to go carbon-neutral in a decade. Yet lawmakers continued to give generous tax incentives to data centers, which use a huge amount of electricity. In fact, in the last few years Washington has gotten a smaller share of its electricity from renewable sources than it did two decades ago, despite producing a quarter of the nation’s hydropower. Lulu Ramadan, investigative reporter at the Seattle Times, joins us to talk about her reporting.
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