SB 6001 - Greenhouse Gas Reduction - Washington Key Vote

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Title: Greenhouse Gas Reduction

NOTE: THIS BILL WAS SIGNED AFTER A LINE ITEM VETO(S).

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Title: Greenhouse Gas Reduction

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that sets reduction standards for greenhouse gas emissions.

Highlights:

- States that the legislation intends to establish statutory goals for the statewide reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and to adopt the recommendations provided by the Washington challenge stakeholder group [sec. 1]. - Aims to reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions in the state to 1990 levels by 2020, twenty-five percent below 1990 levels by 2035, and fifty percent below 1990 levels by 2050 [sec. 2]. - Establishes Electric Power Plant Emission Targets [sec. 6]. - Authorizes the purchase of at least 100 plug-in electric hybrid vehicles for state use [sec. 10]. - Authorizes local municipalities to offset carbon use [sec. 11]. - Establishes the Washington State Office of the Climatologist [sec. 16]. - Increases the number of clean energy sector jobs to twenty-five thousand by 2020 [sec. 2]. - Signed by Governor after partial veto striking section six of this bill.

NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.

Title: Greenhouse Gas Reduction

NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.

NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.

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