climate change
Washington Health Care Systems Ban Together to Battle Climate Change
A group of the states leading health care organizations has formed an alliance to advocate for smart climate policies and regulations
A group of eight of Washingtons largest health systems have formed an alliance focused on helping to protect communities from the dire health impacts of climate change, such as more frequent heat waves, wildfires and the resulting poor air quality they create. The new alliance, called the Washington Health Care Climate Alliance, or the WA…
Washington Faces a $24B Bill to Avert Disaster From Future Sea-Level Rise
Seattle is expected to pay the most among Washington cities confronting a climate-change high-tide tax, study finds
The debate around climate change and its causes is often contentious, at least in political circles, particularly when the stakes are abstract. But a new study by the Center for Climate Integrity (CCI) adds a dose of reality to the debate with a ranking of states and communities based on the cost of protecting coastal…
A Carbon Tax Makes Sense
For our environment, our economy and our state's budget.
Theres a growing bipartisan consensus that a carbon tax just makes sense. A group of national Republican leaders with the Climate Leadership Council, including James Baker and Hank Paulson, recently released a climate plan advocating for a carbon tax. Initiative 732, a carbon tax plan that went to Washington voters on last year’s ballot, was…