{"id":65495,"date":"2018-10-11T17:37:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T17:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/?p=65495"},"modified":"2018-10-11T17:37:33","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T17:37:33","slug":"green-new-deal-ballot-washington-state-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/green-new-deal-ballot-washington-state-year\/","title":{"rendered":"A Green New Deal Is on the Ballot in Washington State This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>With the federal government AWOL on climate change, another state steps up.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"4IaCmo\">With President Donald Trump\u2019s administration dismantling federal climate policy as fast as it can, all eyes have turned to the states. As last month\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalclimateactionsummit.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global Climate Action Summit<\/a>&nbsp;in California illustrated, state leaders are stepping forward with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/environment\/2018\/09\/climate-summit-san-francisco-jerry-brown-rockets-promises\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">big promises and inspirational rhetoric<\/a>, attempting to rally the domestic troops, build some momentum, and signal to the world that the US isn\u2019t a lost cause.<\/p>\n<p id=\"0D2xrb\">The grim reality is that it\u2019s going to take a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.carbonbrief.org\/analysis-us-states-cities-could-meet-paris-climate-goals-without-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">minor miracle<\/a>&nbsp;for states to pick up all the slack. A lot of things need to break just the right way, in a lot of states. This dramatic context has lent an added intensity to climate policy battles even in smaller and lower-emitting states. Every battle is now a proxy battle in the bigger war for America\u2019s climate soul.<\/p>\n<p id=\"UN3Tkr\">The fight has now come to Washington state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With President Donald Trump\u2019s administration dismantling federal climate policy as fast as it can, all eyes have turned to the states. 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