The Environmental and Conservation Issues Room
Environmentalists hope Washington lawmakers will back a trifecta of efforts on clean power, efficient buildings and clean fuel
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Heading into 2019 — with new reports showing drastic changes are imminently needed to avoid the worst climate change impacts — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and environmental groups made it clear that they wanted to make this the "Year of the Climate."
So far, they appear to be getting close to making that a reality, with a slew of clean energy bills that were included on their climate-focused agenda chugging through the Democrat-controlled state House and Senate.
Many of the goals proposed are aggressive. One set of bills would push Washington to get to 100 percent clean energy by 2045, with most utilities nearing that goal by 2030. If passed, Washington would join California and Hawaii, which have already set that 2045 clean energy goal, and several other states are considering similar clean energy legislation this year.
Another package of bills is meant to tackle the second-largest source of emissions in the state: inefficient buildings and appliances.
Yet another proposal would have Washington join the rest of the West Coast, from California to British Columbia, in adopting a clean fuel standard to reduce emissions from fuel used for travel.
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