Legislature Doubles Down on Climate Action in Final Hours Marking a victory for people’s health, the environment, and economic recovery, the Washington Legislature passed a Clean Fuel Standard, governor-request legislation that the Legislature considered three years in a row. A Clean Fuel Standard reduces air and climate pollution by requiring transportation fuel producers to reduce […]
Third Time’s A Charm: State Senate Makes History Advancing Critical Climate Policy
Clean Fuel Standard one step closer to Governor Inslee’s desk The Washington State Senate voted to pass a Clean Fuel Standard late Thursday night (April 8, 2021), 27-20, marking a victory for people’s health, the environment, and economic recovery. This is the first time the Senate has voted on the policy, after a majority of […]
Key Senate Committee Votes to Advance Clean Fuel Standard
Pressure on Senate Leadership to approve Critical Climate Policy Majority of Washingtonians Consistently Support The Washington state Senate Ways & Means Committee advanced a Clean Fuel Standard yesterday, delivering the bill to the brink of a Senate floor vote. This is the closest the policy has come to becoming law in three years of consideration […]
Broad Range of Voices Call for Senate to Act on Clean Fuel Standard
The State Senate made progress toward enacting a statewide Clean Fuel Standard with the Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Committee voting for the policy. It next moves to the Senate Ways & Means committee and could mean the chamber will finally act this year after failing to do so for the past two years. This […]
Clean Fuels Now is on the move!
Of the many proposals moving forward in the Washington State Legislative session around climate action, the adoption of a Clean Fuel Standard (HB 1091), is gaining momentum! This is the third straight year the bill has been considered by the Legislature, and the third year in a row it has passed the House. In the […]
WA House of Representatives accelerates Clean Fuels!
The heat is now on the Senate, as the House passes a Clean Fuel Standard for the third year in a row. The Washington State Legislature’s effort to enact a statewide Clean Fuel Standard kept rolling with the House of Representatives passing HB 1091 (Clean Fuel Standard) by a vote of 52-46. This is the third […]