Former WA Gov. Dan Evans feted for energy, conservation work
As regional leaders with the Northwest Power and Conservation Council grappled with the region’s rapidly growing energy needs, former Washington Gov. Daniel J. Evans, 98, was called on to impart some words of wisdom.
“I was very pleased that we ended up with a group on the first Council who got together who didn’t spend any time fighting, but an awful lot of time struggling with answers that no one knew at the time. And the end result was real progress, real progress that led to much more sensible leadership in our planning, and the end result was very successful for the Northwest,” Evans told the assembled crowd at The Evergreen State College’s longhouse, s'gʷi gʷi ʔ altxʷ (House of Welcome), on Tuesday.
Evans, a Republican – Washington’s other living three-term governor – was known for pushing for bipartisanship and setting political party affiliation aside to reach compromise. He has maintained that stance over the years since he left the governor’s mansion in 1977.
The event for Evans was part of the annual meeting of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, a body that develops regional plans for the Columbia River Basin’s energy and natural resources. The Council, which consists of representatives from Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, discussed the region’s future electricity needs as they relate to the Columbia River Basin, which crosses all four states.
https://crosscut.com/politics/2024/04/former-wa-gov-dan-evans-feted-energy-conservation-work
Dying breed, a Republican who gives a shit about the environment.
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