House Finance committee advances substitute to tax renewable-energy personal property after amendments After technical and policy amendments, the committee voted to report out a third substitute for HB 1960 that sets state and local excise taxes on personal property of new or opted‑in renewable energy and battery storage systems; roll call was 11 ayes, 4 nays.

The House Finance Committee has taken a significant step forward by advancing a bill that could reshape how renewable energy systems are taxed, paving the way for economic benefits in local communities.

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#WA #SustainableDevelopment #EconomicBenefit #CitizenPortal #TaxPolicy

Powering #Ai comes at a cost.

Governments MUST ensure the #environmental and #socialimpacts are measured against #economicbenefit. They don’t bring jobs? Or investment to the community?

Watch how #Memphis is dealing with #COLOSSUS, #ElonMusk’s plant generating #GROK

And all the damage.

Mountain Line moves toward almost all-electric fleet, cites zero-fare gains and new facility plans Mountain Line representatives told Missoula County Commissioners the agency has converted most of its fleet to battery-electric buses, is constrained by charging capacity at its current facility, and plans a federally funded new operations center. Officials also described the agencys zero-fare policy, a Marshall Mountain recreation pilot and an

Mountain Line is transforming public transport in Missoula with nearly its entire fleet now electric and an ambitious plan for a new operations facility!

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#MissoulaCounty #MT #EconomicBenefit #CitizenPortal #PublicTransit #SustainableMobility #MissoulaCountyTransit

#UniversalChildcare will be an #EconomicBenefit for NYC.

We 💙 LOVE 💙 to see it!

ICG Fluorescence Cuts Leaks and Saves Costs in Colorectal Surgery ICG imaging lowers leak, reop, and sepsis rates in colorectal surgery and may save $19M over 5 years, per health tech assessment.

Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Imaging for Colorectal Surgery: A Health Technology Assessment

#icgfi #indocyaninegreen #colorectalcancer #rct #betterpatientoutcomes #economicbenefit #diagnosticgreen

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9/12 History shows the economic folly of exclusion.

North America and Europe benefited massively from the exodus of talent escaping war in Germany, Poland, Austria.

Refugees helped grow, transform and diversify economies wherever they settled.
#EconomicBenefit #Talent

Governments (of all colours) probably believe that #compensation has no #economicBenefit, and we can turn away (economic benefit: victims die)
Does not fit the #GrowthAgenda

#Grenfell
#InfectedBlood
#Hillsborough
#PostOffice
#Windrush
etc. etc.

#news #itvnews #c4news #skynews #bbcnews

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#Trump #Ceasefire #Israel #Iran #USMilitary #USMilitaryBases #HarvardUniversity #Bostoncourt #Harvard #ForeignStudents #Economy #Economicbenefit #AbbotsfordCanucks #CalderCup #Hockey #AHL #Iraq

How a Racially Diverse Team Was the Key to My Best Work   | Canada Media Fund Currently based in Vancouver, Canada, Deborah Chantson is the Writer/Narrative Designer on Rooster and the newest unannounced title at Sticky Brain Studios.…

Many thanks to the Canada Media Fund's Now & Next for giving me the platform to say what I wanted to say.

If my GDC talk proposal had been accepted, this is the gist of it, originally titled "Achievement Unlocked: Diversity Success".

#EconomicBenefit #TeamGrowth #DEIA

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