Gov. Inslee calls for Climate Plan

Story in Crosscut

State Democrats are confident they’ll pass the $268 million clean energy plan.

He suggested more efficient hydroelectric dams and grids, a lot more electric cars, and four electric-hybrid ferries. A decade or more from now, he said, there should be a high-speed rail line from Vancouver, B.C., to Seattle to Portland. There was more, as the governor detailed one of the highest priorities of his proposed budget.