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Op-ed: Pass the Climate Commitment Act on Earth Day Denis Hayes   April 22, 2021   On April 22, Earth Day, the Washington State House will vote on the Climate Commitment Act (SB 5126).  This is the best climate legislation, with a chance of actually passing, that has yet been proposed in the United States. It is stronger, and more equitable, than any legislation that has actually passed, anywhere.  There is no better way for the Washington legislature to honor Eart...

The Climate Commitment Act could be game-changing ... The Climate Commitment Act could be game-changing for Washington state and the country: Here’s what you should know April 13, 2021 Washington has an opportunity in the Climate Commitment Act to adopt transformative climate policy. It would enable the state to slash greenhouse gas emissions at the pace and scale necessary to fight the climate crisis, help address the disproportionate and historic pollution burden in many low-income communit...

Historic Climate Bill Passes Washington State Senate Sets State on Path to Becoming Net Zero Carbon by 2050 News provided by Share this article Share this article SEATTLE, April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Climate Commitment Act (CCA), SB5126, is one step closer to becoming the first climate legislation in the country to pave the way to net zero carbon emissions by the year 2050. The Washington State Senate passed the historic and carefully crafted cap-and-invest legislation today, which now h...

Diverse Coalition Urging Passage Of First Ever Climate Legislation Business, Environmental, Labor & Social Justice Groups Join Together on SB 5126 News provided by Share this article Share this article SEATTLE, March 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A diverse group of business leaders, social justice advocates, environmentalists, labor and philanthropists are joining together to call on the Washington State Legislature to pass the Climate Commitment Act, the states largest investment in creating a cle...

Updated Friday, March 12 at 4:40 p.m. Jill Mangaliman, executive director of Got Green Seattle, photographed at the environmental nonprofit organization’s headquarters in Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood on March 11, 2021. (Matt M. McKnight/Crosscut) Competing efforts to enact landmark climate change legislation have fractured the state’s environmental coalition and Olympia’s all-powerful Democratic caucus, with some activists arguing that the proposal pushed by Gov. Jay Inslee shortc...

January 20, 2021 Successfully tackling our climate challenge will require a mix of policies that includes investment, emission standards, and more. One important question is: how do we account for the harms of carbon pollution in our economy and hold accountable those responsible for them? Doing this will require grappling with the serious legacy of environmental racism that exists in our society, the result of both intentional and unintentional policies enacted by governments and suppor...

New Climate Coalition Launches In Bid For State To Build Back Better Bill to enact Cap and Invest program (SB 5126) will be heard Tuesday, January 19th in Washington State Senate News provided by Share this article Share this article SEATTLE, Jan. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Washington Business Alliance announces the launch of its Clean & Prosperous Washington (CaPWA) coalition in support of the "Climate Commitment Act" legislation recently introduced by Governor Inslee and sponsored by Senat...

A guide to Washingtons 2021 legislative session Sign In FacebookTwitterEmail The capitol building in Olympia, Washington. @ Didier Marti/Getty Images Amid a background of civil unrest that led Gov. Jay Inslee to activate the National Guard for safety, the Washington state legislature commenced last week for their 2021 session. Despite the in-person first gathering in Olympia, lawmakers agreed to rules to hold a mostly remote 2021 session due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 98-member House of Repr...

Gov. Inslee unveils plan to use fight against climate change to grow WA economy Gov. Jay Inslee. (TVW) Gov. Jay Inslee unveiled his plan to fight climate change between 2021 and 2023 on Tuesday, encompassing an expansive proposed bill, and funding for a series of programs. Inslee hopes to have the state Legislature pass what he’s calling the Climate Commitment Act, which would cap greenhouse gas emissions in Washington, use funds from emission allowances to invest in clean transportation, foc...

by Tim Gruver, The Center Square  | December 16, 2020 08:00 AM Print this article Gov. Jay Inslee wants Washingtonians traveling in greener vehicles and burning less carbon over the next two years under a $427 million plan to fight climate change. The governors climate plan includes $230 million for electrifying buses, ferries, and new charging stations for electric vehicles. Inslees office says this will save the state $14 million in ferry operating costs an...