Supporting the Solar incentive bill HB2346 in Senate
The Solar Extension bill HB 2346 is alive and is now in the Senate. It supports the Solar industry in Washington state by helping to make an installation more affordable up front. The Bill will have a committee (Senate Energy, Environment and Telecommunications Committee) hearing on Wednesday, February 24.…
Resolution in Support of Governor Inslee’s Carbon Pollution Accountability Act
WHEREAS the release of carbon dioxide and other pollutants is causing devastating and perhaps irreversible harm in our state and around the world, including increasing global temperatures; declining snowpack that reduces water supplies; more frequent and more destructive forest fires; acidification of our waters threatening shellfish populations; and a dangerous…
Revised: Oil Transportation Safety
My bedroom window overlooks the Auburn valley where the BNSF rail yard is sited. I often hear them switching the trains at night. If you’ve ever heard a mile-long train change direction, you’d remember the sound: a long, low boom. I’m worried that one day soon, I might hear an…
Koch Brothers and Climate Change Awareness
Every one of us in the Western world has contributed to climate change. – Bill McKibben Recently, I organized a couple of events with the goal of showing people how their choices and actions can make a real difference in the effort to end our dependence on fossil fuels like…