As devastating wildfires burned thousands of acres across Washington in 2020, blanketing our state with smoke and unhealthy air, it was unmistakable that the effects of climate change were helping the fires start easier, spread faster, and last longer. The science is clear that climate change poses significant risks to our economy, our health, our environment and our way of life. Aggressive action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions throughout our economy is critical to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, and reduce the impacts already upon us.
Gov. Jay Inslee is committed to achieving bold, science-based limits on the greenhouse gas emissions that are causing our climate to change. Getting the job done will require significant investments across multiple sectors – manufacturing, energy, transportation, the built environment, fuel production and more – to run our economy more efficiently, and transition to cleaner sources of energy. Our success to beat back the threat of climate change depends on our ability to reduce greenhouse gases consistent with the limits established in law: 45% below 1990 levels by 2030, 70% below 1990 levels by 2040, and 95% below 1990 levels by 2050.
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