washington business
AWB Joins Unions, Bipartisan Lawmakers, Wyoming and Montana
Legislators to Push for Export Terminal Approval
Washington is the most tradedependent state in the union, and
landlocked states across the West
depend on our ports to export their
agricultural and energy products.
With two major bulk export terminals
locked in years-long, oft-delayed
environmental reviews, AWB and the
Keep Washington Competitive coalition
hosted lawmakers from Washington, Wyoming and Montana — from both political
parties — for tours and press conferences to draw attention to the importance of
expanding our state’s trade infrastructure.
In mid-October, a delegation that included the president of the Wyoming Senate and
many other lawmakers, as well as leaders of trade unions, toured the Millennium
Bulk Terminals site in Longview and the Seattle waterfront. Television crews and print
journalists heard a wide variety of perspectives on how these bulk export terminals
will help employers export coal, crops and other products from a multi-state region.
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Corporate Identity
With an unprecedented global environmental impact statement delayed until sometime
in 2016 for the Millennium site, the issue is far from resolved.
New in
Government Affairs
Eric Lohnes Joins AWB as Tax and Fiscal
Policy Government Affairs Director
In October, Eric Lohnes joined AWB as government affairs
director for tax and fiscal policy.
Contact
Jenilee Antone
at
253.255.7529
or
[email protected]
Lohnes has a long career in public policy analysis and
research.
He comes to AWB from the state Senate, where he was a
policy analyst on health care and insurance issues for the Majority Coalition Caucus.
Lohnes worked closely with legislators, agency staff, lobbyists and other staff to analyze
and summarize legislation, with a focus on risks and impacts.
Before joining the Senate in 2011, Lohnes worked as a policy analyst for the Freedom
Foundation and Building Industry Association of Washington, and as a legislative
assistant.
In 2010, he represented the housing industry in the Washington State’s Climate Change
Response Strategy Technical Group and in 2008 served on the Forest Fire Prevention
and Protection Workgroup.
Lohnes has a Master of Public Administration from The Evergreen State College and
Bachelor of Arts degrees from Middle Tennessee State University.
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