State’s Climate Advisory Team meets in Tri-Cities

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Department of Ecology News Release - October 1, 2007

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State’s Climate Advisory Team meets in Tri-Cities

OLYMPIA – The state’s Climate Advisory Team will gather Thursday, Oct. 4, in the Tri-Cities to continue to explore solutions that address the challenges of climate change.

Gov. Chris Gregoire created the Climate Advisory Team in her Feb. 7 Executive Order on Climate Change. The team is headed by Jay Manning, Washington Department of Ecology director, and Juli Wilkerson, director of the Washington Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development.

Team members represent some of Washington’s most influential businesses, environmental and natural resources interests, local and state governments, and power producers. As directed by Gov. Gregoire and the Legislature, team members are working to find ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, grow the clean energy economy, and cut spending on fuel imports. They are assisted by Technical Working Groups that focus on specific sectors, such as transportation.

Thursday’s meeting is set from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Washington State University – Tri-Cities in Richland; go to Room 120 of the Consolidated Information Center, 2710 University Drive. This is the fifth meeting of the Climate Advisory Team; the public is invited to attend. Agenda items include:

Examining the state's efforts to address climate regionally, including how the Climate Advisory Team’s work can support and advance these efforts, and begin considering a Comprehensive Climate Approach for Washington.
Reviewing the Technical Working Group’s emission reduction policy.
Reporting on outreach to members of the investment and entrepreneurial community.

Find the full meeting agenda and supporting documents at http://www.ecy.wa.gov/climatechange/ ; click on “Climate Advisory Team” in the left-hand column. Also on the website:

Sign up for the climate change ListServ for updated news and information.
Read more about the Technical Working Groups and their work.
Find details on the Climate Advisory Team’s charge, members and minutes from the group’s previous meetings.
Learn more about what the state is doing to address climate change regionally, including cooperating with other states and Canadian provinces.
Learn how you can observe meetings and comment on climate change efforts.
Find out how you can act individually to help curb climate change.

Media contacts: Seth Preston, 360-407-6848; cell 360-584-5744; e-mail spre461@ecy.wa.gov
Nelsa Brodie, 360-407-7139; e-mail nebr461@ecy.wa.gov