Washblog

This Legislative Forum was held last Sunday (1/28/07) and features Genesee Adkins, State Policy Director of Transportation Choices Coalition, and KC Golden, Policy Director of Climate Solutions, who detail upcoming state legislation that will have an impact on climate change.

It's important to know what our state government is planning to address the crisis of global warming.  But even more importantly, there are powerful lobbies particularly in the area of transportation, that are pushing to set us back rather than forward.  For this reason the climate needs a powerful well-informed citizen lobby to provide the necessary pressure and cover for legislators to make sure that the right things get done in Olympia.  There will be two citizen lobby days in Olympia in the next two weeks.  The first one is this coming Tuesday [Feb. 6th], is hosted by Transportation Choices and concerns upcoming transportation bills.  The other is on Feb. 14th and focuses on overall environmental legislation. It is hosted by more than a dozen local NGOs including People for Puget Sound and Climate Solutions. Use this show as a quick primer on the proposed bills and the issues at hand, then have a talk with your State Reps.  Better yet, if you can spare the time, sign up for the lobby days, hop on the bus to Olympia and have breakfast with them.  A good time will be had by all.

Author: Ed Mays, Pirate TV producer