How Inflation Reduction Act could fuel thousands of jobs a year in Washington

The Nature Conservancy projects the bill could fuel 10,600 jobs a year in the state for the next decade.

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Democrats in Congress beamed over the passage of a multi-pronged, mega spending bill that will lower health care and prescription drug costs. But it’s the portion of the bill that tackles climate change that has a local environmental advocacy group excited.

“Our reaction was one of real joy,” said Mike Stevens, director of the Washington state chapter of the Nature Conservancy.

Stevens said the climate change reduction provisions in the bill are groundbreaking.

“Climate change is impacting us every single day

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