Talking Points for Letters to the Editor on Climate Action and Green Jobs

Thank Governor Gregoire for her instrumental leadership in making climate change a top priority in this year's legislative session. With the passage of the Climate Action and Green Jobs bill, Washington state continues its leadership in meeting the challenge of climate change.
The Climate Action and Green Jobs bill establishes overall state limits for emissions of global warming pollution, while authorizing job training programs to prepare the state’s workforce for the rapidly growing clean energy economy.
By taking action now and setting clear limits on our global warming pollution, we will spur investments in a clean energy and help create thousands of good, green jobs for the people of Washington.
Reducing our global warming pollution and building a strong green economy go hand in hand. We need one for the other to be successful.
Limits on global warming pollution will provide the momentum to kick our clean energy economy into a higher gear and create green jobs. A trained workforce, ready to deliver new products and services, is necessary for our clean energy economy to function.
There’s still an enormous amount of work to be done – Washington can and should continue to be a leader in reducing global warming pollution.
As Governor Gregoire said when she signed the bill into law, “This new green economy is our future. A new green economy will give us freedom, it will give us opportunity, it will give us independence.”