Marking a victory for people’s health, the environment, and economic recovery, the Washington Legislature this spring passed a Clean Fuel Standard. The new law will reduce air pollution and slow gloal warming by requiring transportation fuel producers to reduce the carbon intensity in their products or to invest in the production of cleaner fuels, such […]
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 […]