OLYMPIA – The Senate on Tuesday passed SB 5974— Move Ahead Washington, which would allocate $17 billion over 16 years to prioritize the transportation sector of our state with robust, unprecedented investments with a clear mission to reduce our carbon footprint.
“We need to reimagine the power and possibility of our neighborhoods,” said Sen. Reuven Carlyle (D-Seattle). “We are going ...
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A bill to reimburse people for switching from old, loud and polluting gas-powered lawn equipment to zero-emission, all-electric tools was introduced Monday by Sen. Reuven Carlyle (D-Seattle), chair of the Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Committee. By simply turning in any internal combustion engine lawn equipment, individuals and business will be eligible for reimbursement vouchers equaling up to $200 for all-new, ...
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A state report estimates that Washington state taxpayers spent more than $1.2 billion in the 2019-2021 biennium on climate resiliency costs from forest fires to floods, ocean acidification to heat domes. Sen. Reuven Carlyle (D-Seattle), chair of the Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Committee, will introduce a bill in the 2022 legislative session imposing a modest new climate resiliency fee ...
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A landmark package of environmental bills has cleared both chambers of the Legislature and put the state on a path to dramatically reduce carbon emissions and air pollution, Sen. Reuven Carlyle (D-Seattle) said today. “Today we take aim at the moral, economic and social issue of our time — climate change,” said Carlyle, the chair of the Senate Environment, Energy & ...
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Two major environmental bills passed late Thursday by the Senate would put the state on a path to dramatically reduce carbon emissions and air pollution while also funding critical green energy efforts in transportation. “Climate change is the moral, economic and social issue of our time,” said Sen. Reuven Carlyle (D-Seattle), chair of the Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Committee. “We ...
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The Washington Privacy Act passed today by the Senate would provide state residents the tools to protect the vast personal information that makes up their digital footprints from being monitored, monetized or used without their permission. “Ultimately, the goal of this historic legislation is to make it as easy to get your data out of the black hole of the Internet ...
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Legislation passed today by the Senate would create a state Office of Cybersecurity (OCS) within the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) to set security policies and develop centralized protocols for managing the state’s information technology assets. Senate Bill 5432 , which passed unanimously, was developed in response to a security breach involving Accellion, a third-party vendor used by ...
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Legislation passed unanimously by the Senate would enable one of the state’s most successful science programs to sustain and invest in its outreach to students, including those who are limited to remote learning because of the coronavirus pandemic. Senate Bill 5080, sponsored by Sen. Reuven Carlyle (D-Seattle), would give the Pacific Science Center the flexibility to allocate funds to help ...
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A state Office of Cybersecurity (OCS) would be established within the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) to set security policies and develop centralized protocols for managing the state’s information technology assets, under legislation heard Tuesday by the Senate Energy, Environment and Technology Committee. Senate Bill 5432 , sponsored by Sen. Reuven Carlyle (D-Seattle), was introduced in response to ...
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Sen. Reuven Carlyle joined Gov. Jay Inslee to introduce a slate of environmental policies today to combat the climate crisis, strengthen environmental justice strategies and rebuild Washington’s economy. Carlyle, chair of the Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Committee, is the sponsor of the Climate Commitment Act, a program to cap and limit carbon pollution and invest in clean jobs, environmental justice ...
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