Washington Legislature Advances Clean Fuels Standard and 100% Fossil Free Electricity
Key complementary climate policies advance as legislative session reaches halfway point.
Key complementary climate policies advance as legislative session reaches halfway point.
The impacts of fossil fuels are not just environmentally catastrophic, they’re deeply inequitable. Those who do the least to cause climate disruption are hit hardest by it. To break free from fossil fuels, we need strategies that deliver effective, affordable solutions and economic opportunity for all.
Today in Olympia, House and Senate committees both advanced proposals to move us faster towards 100% fossil-free electricity—meaning a cleaner world, a stronger economy, and healthier communities.
Progress, fortunately, isn’t just about the performance of the federal government. In Washington, our legislature has big opportunities for climate leadership right now.
Governor Inslee's decision today to shut down plans for a massive new oil terminal is a massive win for the people of the Northwest standing up against the fossil fuel industry.
Clean energy, cost saving, job creating investments from the ten states that have already put a price on climate pollution
Alex Asbury & Jacques Michel, Wendy Brown & George Wilhere, Peggy Bruton & David Edwards, Tumwater City Councilmember Leatta Dahlhoff, Representative Beth Doglio & Eddy Cates, Karen Fraser, Linda Glasier & Luis Bernal, Vlad Gutman-Britten, Stew Henderson & Kathy Cox, Rich Hoey & Stacey Waterman Hoey, Paul Horton, Paul Knox, Kimberly Larson, John MacLean, Tom McDonald, Teresa Myers, Miguel Perez-Gibson, Jen Quan, Rhys Roth,
On Thursday, let's call on Governor Inslee to issue a final DENIAL to the colossally bad idea of a huge oil-by-rail terminal in Vancouver, WA.
A just transition to a fossil-free energy system that protects our health, our economy and our climate future, is within reach, if we act now.
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