WHEREAS the 2021 Climate Commitment Act (CCA) defines “Climate Commitment” as “the process and mechanisms to ensure a coordinated and strategic approach to advancing climate resilience and environmental justice and achieving an equitable and...
WHEREAS continually increasing greenhouse gas emissions and reliance on single-occupancy vehicle use are unsustainable long-term trends for reducing impacts and slowing our climate crisis; and WHEREAS 2021-2022 HB 1099 had proposed to reduce such...
Whereas in their February report, Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes that to hold warming to “well below” 2°C, while “working to limit it to...
WHEREAS transportation is the sector with the highest greenhouse gas emissions in Washington State’s economy1 (accounting for 44.9% of the state’s total emissions in 2018) and the state’s emissions reduction goals won’t be achieved...
WHEREAS In the United States, general aviation piston-driven aircraft are now the largest source of lead emitted to the atmosphere 1, and WHEREAS researchers found that elevated lead concentrations impair children’s IQ and, even...
WHEREAS Washington State’s population is expected to reach 10 million by mid-century according to the Office of Financial Management forecast1, and WHEREAS urban sprawl encroaches on farmlands, forests, shrub-steppe and other critical habitats, the...
RESOLUTION ON USING TAX DEFERMENT TO IMPROVE EQUITY IN SUPPORT OF CLEAN ENERGY WHEREAS nuclear power remains the second most important low-carbon source of electricity after hydropower worldwide and nuclear power jobs are among...
WHEREAS the Southern Resident Killer Whale (Orca) population was listed as endangered in 2005 under the Endangered Species Act and is considered depleted under the Marine Mammal Protection Act1; and Southern Resident Orcas survive...
WHEREAS the Washington State Legislature will take up the issue of transportation funding in the midst of a climate crisis, with transportation creating 45%1 (and increasing2) of Washington State’s greenhouse gases; WHEREAS Washington State...
