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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...

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...

University of Lynchburg first college to declare carbon neutrality in Virginia The university also joined the Climate Leadership Network Published:  Updated:  Tags:  LYNCHBURG, Va. – The University of Lynchburg is the first in Virginia to reach carbon neutrality after years of striving to reduce its carbon footprint and become more environmentally sustainable, according to a release. “Climate change is the most significant environmental challenge of our time, and one practical way to ma...

4:23 Amid the ongoing pandemic and threats by far-right protesters to "occupy" the Capitol, Washington lawmakers will convene Monday for what will ultimately be a mostly remote 2021 session with a focus on the ongoing response to COVID-19, police reform, addressing climate change and writing a two-year state budget. Democrats have solid majorities in both the House and Senate and will set the agenda for the 105-day session. They’re also writing the rules for how the unusual session will unfol...

Five things to know about Washington’s 2021 legislative session Amid the ongoing pandemic and threats by far-right protesters to "occupy" the Capitol, Washington lawmakers will convene Monday for what will ultimately be a mostly remote 2021 session with a focus on the ongoing response to COVID-19, police reform, addressing climate change and writing a two-year state budget. Democrats have solid majorities in both the House and Senate and will set the agenda for the 105-day session. Theyâ...

Inslee Will Seek Carbon Tax, Low Carbon Fuel Standard Gov. Inslee unveiled his plans for spending on climate change during the 2021-2023 legislative session. He said the state must meet its legislatively approved climate mandates. Inslee said the last two years were the "hottest on record," and said we have been a "state on fire" due to climate change. He believes like COVID, mankind can get climate change "under our control." He said transportation is the biggest polluter, and he claims the fo...

Gov. Inslee announces comprehensive climate program to reduce emissions The proposal would cap greenhouse gas emissions for the states largest-emitting industries. Gov. Inslee said these opportunities would also create jobs. Author: KING 5 Staff Updated: 6:18 PM PST December 15, 2020 OLYMPIA, Wash. — Gov. Jay Inslee is proposing a bill that would create a "comprehensive climate program" to reduce emissions by 2030. The program, according to Inslees office, woul...

Less. but on the trade deficit, they say the reason americans are driving german cars these days is because they are actually made in america. they are saying we created jobs in the u.s. building car plants there. and there is another german politician who came out after the trump tweet and said it shows that president trump sees germany as an opponent and thats almost unheard of language coming from a strong ally as germany is to the united states. one of the things we have to point out is ther...