“Washington state now has the nation’s most ambitious climate policy” Nationally-respected writer David Roberts publishes the Volts newsletter: “Clean energy and politics, electrified”. Today’s edition is electric indeed. Read (or listen) here: Volts...
Everybody’s Talking With passage of the historic cap & invest Climate Commitment Act, people are talking! National Congress of American Indians president Fawn Sharp says,“Today marks the passage of the most important law in the history of Washington, as it finally...
The best climate legislation proposed in the US As the State House is poised to vote on the Climate Commitment Act potentially today, icons of the northwest environmental movement are joining the chorus of broad support for SB 5126. “This is the best climate...
Share this video As the Climate Commitment Act (SB 5126) moves to a vote in the Washington State Senate, it has support from businesses, labor, environmentalists and justice groups across the state. Why? Because it’s good for our economy AND it’s good for our...
The Grand Bargain is a Big Deal Leaders in Olympia recognize that the most significant issues of our time are interconnected: the climate crisis, health inequities, economic and infrastructure troubles. Piecemeal solutions to isolated problems won’t meet the magnitude...
How many jobs? When sponsors of the Climate Commitment Act (CCA) talk about “climate, jobs and justice”, just how many jobs are they talking about? And what kind of jobs would those be? For guidance, let’s look at modeling based on the Building Back Better report’s...
