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Climate Change News

• In Washington State - updated 4/23/08
• In the News - updated 5/14/08

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In Washington State

• State cutting energy use, slashing millions of pounds in carbon emissions
  (04/21/2008) Office of the Governor
  
  
• Gov. Gregoire joins declaration on climate change
  (04/18/2008) Office of the Governor
  
  
• Gov. Gregoire signs bill to fight climate change and grow the state’s economy
  (03/13/2008) Office of the Governor
  
  
• 2007-2008 Legislative Session - Climate related bills
  • Providing a framework for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the Washington economy (HB 2815)
  • Requiring disclosure of greenhouse gas vehicle emissions (SB 6309)
• Governor Gregoire’s statement on passage of Climate Change bill
  (03/05/2008) Office of the Governor
  
  
• Gov. Gregoire accepts report, calls for continued work to fight climate change
  (02/06/2008) Office of the Governor
  
  
• Gov. Gregoire Announces Legislation to Fight Global Warming
  (01/14/2008) Office of the Governor
  
  
• Comment period extended for draft climate change documents
  (01/04/2008) Department of Ecology
  
  
• Gov. Gregoire praises lawsuit challenging Bush Administration on global warming
  (01/02/2008) Office of the Governor
  
  
• Public comments sought on draft climate change documents
  (12/21/2007) Department of Ecology
  
  
• Gov. Gregoire calls for filing lawsuit in support of 'clean' car standards
  (12/20/2007) Office of the Governor
  
  
• Governor's team recommends 47 ways to cut greenhouse gases
  (12/06/2007) Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  
  
• Action Against EPA Filed Today
  (11/08/2007) Office of the Governor
  
  
• Washington to Join Clean Car Lawsuit Against Federal Government
  (10/18/2007) Office of the Governor
  
  
• Meeting set for Western Climate Initiative stakeholders
  (10/02/2007) Department of Ecology
  
  
• State's Climate Advisory Team meets in Tri-Cities
  (10/01/2007) Department of Ecology
  
  
• Governors urge automakers to work toward clean cars
  (09/12/2007) Department of Ecology
  
  
• WCI Establishes Regional Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Goal - Target is 15 percent below 2005 levels by 2020
  (08/22/2007) Department of Ecology
  
  
• Coalition of Pacific Northwest stakeholders fund regional climate change study
  (08/02/2007) Department of Ecology
  
  
• Gov. Gregoire, Premier Campbell Sign Agreement on Climate Change
  Summary of Agreements (pdf)
  Memorandum of Understanding (pdf)
  Memorandum appendices (pdf)
  (06/11/2007) Office of the Governor
  
  
• Washington joins Climate Registry to track, report greenhouse gases
  (05/08/2007) Department of Ecology
  
  
• Gov. Gregoire Announces Members of the Washington Climate Change Challenge Advisory Team
  (03/28/2007) Office of the Governor
  
  
• Five Western Governor's Announce Regional Greenhouse Gas Reduction Agreement (pdf)
  Western Regional Climate Action Initiative (pdf)
  (02/26/2007) Office of the Governor
  
  
• Governor Gregoire Takes Action on Climate Change, Announces "Washington Climate Change Challenge"
  Climate Change and Washington's Retreating Glaciers (pdf)
  Executive Order 07-02 (pdf)
  (02/07/2007) Office of the Governor
  
  
• State study shows economic challenges, opportunities from climate change
  (01/10/2007) Dept of Ecology
  
  
• Report Released on Washington's Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Sources and Trends
  (01/10/2007) Dept of Community, Trade and Economic Development

Climate Change in the News

• Huge study documents changes from climate warming
  (05/14/2008) USA Today
  
  
• WA pushes EPA to act on greenhouse gases
  (04/02/2008) Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  
  
• Global Warming Rushes Timing of Spring
  (03/20/2008) National Public Radio & National Geographic
  
  
• Editorials supporting the Climate Action and Green Jobs bill
  • The Evergreen State in more than name
    (03/09/2008) Seattle Times
    
    
  • Legislature: One serious hope
    (03/07/2008) Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    
    
• Announcing the Sea Level Rise in the Coastal Waters of Washington State Report
  • Olympia in risk zone for rise in sea level
    (01/18/2008) The Olympian
    
    
  • Puget Sound a rising threat, UW study says
    (01/18/2008) Everett Herald
    
    
  • Parts of Sound could rise 2 feet - Scientists offer projections on higher sea level
    (01/18/2008) Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    
    
  • Puget Sound to creep up, up
    (01/18/2008) Seattle Times
    
    
  • Washington state sea levels could rise considerably by end of century
    (01/17/2008) University of Washington, Office of News and Information
    
    
• Climate Connections - How we are shaping climate. How climate is shaping us.
  (10/02/2007) National Public Radio & National Geographic
  
  
• Western Climate Initiative
  • State joins effort to set regional emission goal
    (08/23/2007) Seattle Times
    
    
  • States set target for reducing emissions - Washington wants to cut greenhouse gas levels to 1990 rate by 2020
    (08/23/2007) Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  
  
  
• The big thaw - From Greenland to Antarctica, the world is losing its ice faster than anyone thought possible. Can humans slow the melting?
  (05/25/2007) National Geographic
  
  
• Ocean study sounds another alarm on global warming
  (05/18/2007) Seattle Times
  
  
• Climate Change Is Happening, Effects Will Be Severe, Now What Will It Cost to Fix It?
  (05/04/2007) Scientific American
  
  
• Supreme Court rebukes Bush administration on greenhouse-gas emissions
  (04/02/2007) Seattle Times
  
  
• Thinning of West Antarctic Ice Sheet Demands Improved Monitoring to Reduce Uncertainty over Potential Sea-Level Rise
  (03/28/2007) West Antarctic Links to Sea-Level Estimation (WALSE) international workshop, University of Texas at Austin
  
  
• Poll Finds Worldwide Agreement That Climate Change is a Threat
  (03/14/2007) WorldPublicOpinion.org
  
  
• Climate Change Verdict: Science Debate Ends, Solution Debate Begins
  (02/08/2007) Scientific American
  
  
• Climate Change Science Moves from Proof to Prevention
  (02/01/2007) Scientific American
  
  
• Sea level rise outpacing key predictions
  (02/01/2007) New Scientist