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Washington’s Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP) lays out a credible, economy-wide roadmap to meet the state’s 2050 climate targets. But projections are a starting line, not a finish line. Greene Economics examines what implementation will actually require—from community-scale emissions data to transportation electrification, agricultural incentives, and protection of working forests.

When septic systems fail across the Puget Sound region, who pays? A new Greene Economics study in Coastal Management finds the burden falls hardest on low-income communities historically excluded from public sewer infrastructure — at a cost approaching $500 million annually across twelve counties.