Time to Pass the Coal Free Future for Washington Act
In the next couple of weeks Washington state legislators have a window of opportunity in which to set this green-minded state on the path to a coal free future. By agreeing on a timeline to phase out the TransAlta Coal Plant – Washington’s biggest source of carbon, mercury, and many other pollutants – the legislature can follow in the footsteps of neighboring Oregon, which has already committed to transition off its single coal plant. The US Pacific Northwest can provide an example for…