Make a call today for fossil-free energy!

GREG CLARKE

February 28, 2018

Washington State can put a stake in the ground, right now, for a fossil fuel-free future. The House is likely about to vote on HB 2995, phasing out the use of fossil fuels for electricity, with Senate votes likely to follow this week This IS the place and now is the time. And we are the people, if our legislators will stand up and represent!

Our state can be and should be the first to break the chain between fossil fuels and electric power. We’ve got the technology. We’ve got a head start. We’ve got the brains, the will, and the heart. What we don’t have is any more time to waste.

Please call the Legislative Hotline now (800) 562-6000 and leave a message for your legislators asking them to SUPPORT HB 2995 and its Senate counterpart bill, for fossil-free electricity.

HB 2995 would put Washington on a clear path to achieving 100% fossil-free electricity. Let’s stop making things worse, so we can make them better!

Now is the time for your legislators to take their direction from you on the urgent need for this climate solution.

Please call the HOTLINE now: (800) 562-6000

Our children and other living beings are counting on us!

Author Bio

Joëlle Robinson

Field Director, Climate Solutions

Joëlle engages community members and diverse constituencies—faith, health, youth, parents, business—to make their voices heard for climate solutions. She led the team of organizers to ensure we stopped any coal export from the U.S. West Coast over the past decade. On offense, she co-led the Field team to help pass the 100% Clean Electricity (Clean Energy Transition Act in 2019) and in 2022 collaborated with the Field team to ensure that all new buildings (commercial and residential) will be built with heat pumps per the State Building Code Council. She continues to conspire for good with them on many other local and state initiatives.

Joëlle was the Regional Outreach Coordinator of National Wildlife Federation where she focused on mobilizing hunters, anglers and concerned citizens around solutions to global warming. Previous work with Climate Solutions includes the NW Climate Connections partnership, serving as the Field Assistant for the successful Clean Cars campaign, and Field Director of the Renewable Fuel Standard, which passed in April 2006.

She previously served on the boards of Earth Ministry, Solar Washington, and Sierra Club Executive Committee. She’s currently President of the board of her 3 year-old!

Joëlle is Northwest born and raised who loves to hike, dance, travel and explore the natural world.

Her favorite quote is “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” — Mary Oliver