Climate Politics
Inslee Vows to Defend Washington State Climate Law Under Attack
The carbon market created by the climate rule, now threatened by repeal, has so far generated nearly $2 billion.
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Washington Governor Jay Inslee vowed on Thursday to defeat an attempt to repeal his state’s landmark climate law, calling it a powerful tool to curb carbon pollution, create jobs and ensure low-income communities share in the prosperity of a clean economy.
“We do not intend to lose,” he said at the Bloomberg Green Festival in Seattle. “We do not intend to surrender to a pollution blanket that allows special interests to rip us off and then burn us up.”