Native Americans in Montana are dying from Covid-19 at a rate 11 times higher than white residents. “I have no stomach to talk about this abstractly; my community has been hit hard,” said Sharon Stewart Peregoy, a Democratic state representative and member of the Crow Tribe. “Even today, I just got a notification that another…
The community solar bill, HB 1046 was introduced and initial hearings took place January 12. You can review them by clicking on the bill number, above, and then the TVW link at the bottom of the bill page. Slide the slider about 15 minutes into the hearing for this bill. This is the same bill that…
The Tulalips are expanding efforts to protect land and water that are integral to their identity. When Terry Williams grew interested in climate change in the 1970s, he found information about human-caused global warming to be conflicting and confusing. “It didn’t make sense until the early ’80s, when we saw a difference in the timing…
The environmental-explicit portion of the Growth Management Act (GMA) revision, HB 1099, regarding vehicle miles traveled and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions was introduced as part of the GMA suite of bills. This is one of the legislative priorities identified by participants in the Justice Summit. Provisions of HB 1099 include, inter alia: Transportation: Encourage efficient…
The building electrification bill, HB 1084, has been transformed into the Governor’s Healthy Homes & Clean Buildings bill. Building electrification is one of the environmental justice legislative priorities identified at the Justice Summit. The following provisions are in the bill: Eliminate all gas hookups by 2030. Eliminate building code preemption of local building codes; state…
