Cap greenhouse-gas emissions, create green jobs
By
Gabrielle Evans
Seattle Times
February 02, 2009
Letter to the Editor in the Seattle Times.
"Need a job? Help pass Cap and Invest.
Tens of millions of dollars are pumped out of the state each day to pay for imported fossil fuels. That's money we should be putting to work here in Washington state.
The cap-and-trade bill, which was revealed by Gov. Christine Gregoire last week, is a fast step in the right direction to keeping our money local. Both bills, House Bill 1819 and Senate Bill 5735, would create a cap-and-trade system, putting our state on a firm path to meet our global warming, pollution-reduction goals..."
