Jay Inslee in The New Republic


On Energy & Oil: Plan: $9 trillion investment, transition from coal

In Inslee's plan, the Green New Deal's promise to create millions of new green jobs becomes $9 trillion of investment in American industries and manufacturing, infrastructure, skilled labor, and new technology deployment, some of which will be used to provide bonuses to companies providing union jobs that pay a decent wage. A commitment to zero emissions becomes a plan to sunset coal by 2031, providing funding, training, and education to support coal communities through the transition. A promise to secure access to clean air and water for all Americans becomes a plan to actually use all the teeth of the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act to enforce pollution regulation.
Source: The New Republic magazine, 2019 article series Jun 26, 2019

On Energy & Oil: Ready to support anyone who adopts his climate change plan

"Right now it's only mine," he said of his comprehensive, 110-page plan to mobilize $9 trillion in climate-related spending in the next decade, require "zero-emission" electricity generation across the U.S. by 2035, and end America's reliance on fossil fuels. "But I hope all of my competitors will embrace it soon and just say, 'Hey, Jay's got a good plan here, let's do it.' And then we'll get a great nominee, and [we'll] all get behind 'em and get this thing done."
Source: The New Republic magazine, 2019 article series Jun 26, 2019

On Energy & Oil: Takes a more aggressive stance against fossil fuel companies

Inslee also came out with a more aggressive stance against fossil fuel companies. Inslee gives voice to a lot of things that have been batted around by the far left end of the Democratic party for years: nationalizing parts of the fossil fuel industry in order to manage their shutdown, a ban on fracking, a refusal to back any sort of legal immunity for oil companies in exchange for regulation, and support for carbon pricing alongside both regulation and litigation.
Source: The New Republic magazine, 2019 article series Jun 26, 2019

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