climate legislative executive workgroup

April 29, 2014

Gov. Inslee announces executive action to reduce carbon pollution and promote clean energy

April 29, 2014 | David Postman, Governor Inslee’s Communications Office, 360-902-4136 Gov. Jay Inslee today signed an executive order outlining a series of steps to cut carbon pollution in Washington and advance development and use of clean energy technologies. “This is the right time to act, the right place to act and we are the right people to act,” Inslee […]

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January 23, 2014

CLEW Update: Senator Ericksen and Rep. Short Submit Letter and Recommendations

To view the letter click here. To read the full report click here. SUMMARY Recommended Policies: Incentivize hydroelectric power generation Replace fossils fuels with nuclear generation Promote research and development (R&D) for new technologies Encourage conservation under the Energy Independence Act (I-937) Allow renewable energy credit banking under I-937 Modify fuel mix reporting system Proposals […]

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January 23, 2014

CLEW Update: Governor Inslee, Sen. Ranker and Rep. Fitzgibbon Submit Recommendations

Governor Inslee, Senator Ranker and Representative Fitzgibbon put forth the following recommendations. Click for the full report. SUMMARY 1. Proposed Actions to Meet Washington’s Carbon Pollution Statutory Limits To meet the statutory charge, we propose the following five programs be developed and implemented in Washington: 1) A cap on carbon pollution emissions should be established. It should […]

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December 16, 2013

More Study vs. Strong Action Now

By John Stang, Crosscut A legislative panel is supposed to decide by December 31 on recommendations to the Washington Legislature on how to deal with climate change and carbon emissions. The Republicans and Democrats on the panel have put their own proposals on the panel’s Web site. The panel is supposed to recommend a plan of action […]

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December 12, 2013

UPDATE: Draft Proposals for CLEW Public Hearing on December 13th

Draft Proposals of Representative Short and Senator Ericksen Overview: Incentivize hydroelectric power generation Encourage conservation under I-937 Allow renewable energy credit banking Promote R&D for clean technologies Modify fuel mix reporting system Replace fossils fuels with nuclear generation Revisit targets established in 2008 Study consumption- and generation-based accounting of emissions Complete currently insufficient analysis of […]

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