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January 24, 2025

WA farmers wrongly charged under climate laws pleading for a fix

Red combine harvester in golden wheat field.
From fox13seattle.com

For years, Washington State has been losing two farms per day, and the impact of the Climate Commitment Act is making it even harder for some to survive. The Washington Farm Bureau says the Climate Commitment Act, which passed in 2021, is now disproportionately impacting small farms. If the system worked as intended, farmers wouldn’t have been negatively impacted at all. Read the rest of the article here.