The Politics Blog » ocean acidification http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politicsblog Sat, 18 May 2013 03:01:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 UPDATE – Senate panel welcomes Inslee pitch on climate change http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politicsblog/2013/02/20/senate-panel-welcomes-inslee-pitch-on-climate-change/ http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politicsblog/2013/02/20/senate-panel-welcomes-inslee-pitch-on-climate-change/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:12:56 +0000 Brad Shannon http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politicsblog/?p=517

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Gov. Jay Inslee stepped up his campaign to do something on climate change, telling a legislative committee this morning that the impacts of global warming could cause $10 billion damage yearly to Washington’s economy and families by 2020.

“I believe we in Washington ought to be optimistic in our ability to whip climate change,’’ Inslee told the committee in testifying for his proposal to create a legislative task force to study climate change responses.

The Republican-led Senate Energy, Environment and Telecommunications Committee welcomed the Democratic governor, and chairman Doug Ericksen of Whatcom County, who said …

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