Climate Solutions: Progress Report 2022
An update on Climate Solutions' achievements of the past year and our vision for the future.
An update on Climate Solutions' achievements of the past year and our vision for the future.
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Vice President Kamala Harris and US EPA Administrator Michael Regan visited<br />
Seattle October 6 promoting electric school buses that will protect the climate as<br />
well as kids’ respiratory health. “We owe it to our children to, right now, take<br />
these issues very seriously. The clock is ticking loudly,” VP Harris said.<br />
reducing NOx pollution from heavy vehicles<br />
and a fleet reporting requirement<br />
that will collect useful information<br />
on fleet operations. Together, these<br />
clean cars and trucks rules will provide<br />
billions in health benefits in the region<br />
over the next few decades. <strong>Climate</strong><br />
<strong>Solutions</strong> is working to ensure that<br />
Oregon, like Washington, is on track<br />
to pass the Advanced Clean Cars II<br />
regulation. This means that if passed,<br />
the entire west coast will be on track<br />
to be a clean cars coast by 2035!<br />
Washington is also beginning to<br />
invest more in clean transportation<br />
using funding from the federal<br />
<strong>Climate</strong> Commitment Act. The<br />
Legislature passed Move Ahead WA<br />
in <strong>2022</strong>, which allocates significant<br />
funding to transit and building safe<br />
active mobility options. This package<br />
also included funds to support vehicle<br />
decarbonization. As the Legislature<br />
decides exactly how to allocate these<br />
investments, we will be asking that<br />
they fund projects in this sector that<br />
align with our state’s climate goals,
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