OLYMPIA – A measure addressing the state’s biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions by establishing a Clean Fuels Program similar to those already successfully underway in British Columbia, California, and…
House approves clean fuels bill
Category: Joe Fitzgibbon
Slate of orca protection measures moving forward in legislature
OLYMPIA – The state House and Senate took action today to help protect the orca population from further decline, particularly the Southern Resident orca whales, who now only number…
Acting on climate: House votes to phase out ‘super pollutants’
OLYMPIA – The state House passed legislation today phasing out super-polluting greenhouse gases that are thousands of times more damaging to the climate than carbon dioxide. House Bill 1112 aims…
Putting People First
What we accomplished in 2018 It’s been a very busy year. With new leadership in the Senate, Democrats put people first with an ambitious agenda that focused on voting rights,…
Legislative update on environmental work, protecting social progress
Safeguarding community health & natural resources In the short 60-day session, legislators passed some longstanding environmental priorities that had stalled in previous years. As chair of the House Environment Committee, Joe…