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July 29, 2015

Inslee seeks plan to limit carbon emissions

By RACHEL LA CORTE
Associated Press

OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday directed the state Department of Ecology to develop a plan to cap carbon emissions in the state and to increase enforcement of existing pollution laws, saying that the state can't wait for legislative action to address climate change.

“Carbon pollution and the climate change it causes pose a very real and existential threat to our state,” Inslee said in a written statement.


 
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