Jay Inslee, BP and Washingtons Climate Story
In Washington State, voters defeated initiatives to put a price on carbon \u2015 twice. Governor Jay Inslee himself then lost his personal bid for the White House. Yet his bold ideas have proven staying power. The state legislature recently passed a carbon cap and invest bill that will reduce economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions 95 percent by 2050.\xa0\n\u201cWe\u2019ve got to wake up every morning figuring out \u2018how can I disrupt the status quo.\u2019\xa0Because the status quo is deadly, it\u2019s fatal, it will destroy economies and the biology that we exist on,\u201d Inlsee says.\xa0\nEven big oil, which spent tens of missions to defeat the 2018 carbon pricing proposal, seems to be changing its tune, with BP now supporting a price on carbon.\xa0\nHow might Washington State be a bellwether for Washington DC?\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices