“I hope that after this panel, you’re all comfortable saying ‘build sh**,’ knowing what we mean behind it. It’s a genuine intent,” joked Isaac Kastama, the government relations director for the nonprofit Clean and Prosperous Washington.
Kastama was wrapping up a panel discussion about a new report with a cheeky acronym: the Build Sustainable High Impact Infrastructure Together, or “‘Build SHIIT’” Report, at the eighth annual Carbon Policy Forum in Seattle. He was joined by the state directors of commerce and ecology, and the chair of the state council to evaluate energy facility sites.
The humor is meant to call attention to a serious issue. Despite leading the nation in climate policy, Washington has fallen far behind in renewable energy growth…