(The Center Square) – New data compiled by the Washington Policy Center think tank suggests Washington state is spending millions of dollars generated by the state’s Climate Commitment Act on projects that have very little, if any, benefit in terms of reducing harmful greenhouse gas emissions.

“As I've pointed out a number of times, with our climate policy, we tend to spend money on things that feel good or satisfy special interest groups, but not the things that actually reduce CO2 [carbon dioxide] emissions,” WPC Vice President of Research Todd Myers told The Center Square.

Myers explained that using data from the Washington State Department of Ecology, WPC added two new metrics to its “ Report Card for Washington’s Future .”

“One is simply what percentage of projects that we are

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