Climate Town Hall: Hosted by Gov. Jay Inslee

Gov. Jay Inslee will host a climate town hall at the University of Washington’s Intellectual House on Wednesday, Oct. 25 to emphasize the importance of climate action and policies to promote clean energy and technology, greenhouse gas reductions, energy efficiency and more.

Inslee and other governors have taken a larger role on climate change as the Trump Administration’s actions have harmed or hampered progress, including the intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement and directing the Environmental Protection Agency to repeal the Clean Power Plan. Inslee has been vocal about the urgency and importance of state, local, and citizen action.

Washington state has gained national and international recognition for efforts to promote clean technology, modernize the grid, electrify the transportation system, cap carbon pollution from major emitters, and more. Inslee joined Govs. Jerry Brown and Andrew Cuomo in launching the U.S. Climate Alliance, a bipartisan coalition of 14 states and Puerto Rico committed to meeting their share of the U.S. commitment to global greenhouse gas reductions.

The governor will attend the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change COP 23 summit in Bonn, Germany next month where he and other Climate Alliance states will have an unprecedented opportunity as subnational leaders to highlight how U.S. states are stepping up to fight climate change.

The town hall discussions will focus on the actions Washington state has taken so far and what next steps should be.