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Governor appoints Rod Brown to Co-Chair Carbon Emissions Reduction Taskforce

Governor Jay Inslee has asked Cascadia's Rod Brown to help lead his effort to design and implement a market-based carbon pollution reduction program in Washington State. As Co-Chair with Vulcan's Ada Healey, over the coming year Rod will help guide the Taskforce -- whose members include King County Executive Dow Constantine and EPA Region 10 Administrator Dennis McLerran -- as they work to determine the best approach to putting a price on carbon emissions.

Introduced by the Governor at his press event announcing the Taskforce, Rod said, "I volunteered for this job not because I thought it was challenging, but because I think we can actually do this, and do it relatively quickly, and without too much trouble ... I see that there are solutions that we can use in Washington, but that eventually will spread to other parts of the country and the rest of the world."

For more information:

Video of Press Event:
Governor Inslee Climate Change Announcement, Apr. 29, 2014

Governor Inslee's Executive Order 14-04: Washington Carbon Pollution Reduction and Clean Energy Action, Apr. 29, 2014

Seattle Times:
Inslee Orders a Move Toward Limits on Carbon Emissions, Apr. 29, 2014

Crosscut:
Meet the Governor's new climate change attack plan, Apr. 30, 2014