Jay Inslee, the ‘Climate Candidate,’ Joins the 2020 Race

WASHINGTON — Jay Inslee, the Democratic governor of Washington state, has entered the 2020 presidential race. And he’s betting his candidacy on the idea that Americans care enough about the existential threat of our time — climate change — to elect a president with a laser-like, almost singular focus on that issue.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee talks to reporters about
his 2019-2021 budget proposal at the Capitol in Olympia, WA.

The news does not come as much of a surprise. Last month, Inslee first spoke to Rolling Stone about the need for a Democratic candidate in 2020 who would put climate change at the forefront of his or her campaign — a role for which he refused to rule himself out. “I do think that it is absolutely imperative that the Democratic Party put forth a candidate who will make climate change a principal, front-burner issue, rather than some peripheral back burner,” he said. “I believe it’s a potentially winning issue to run on, and we need a candidate who will do that.”

Read the RollingStone story by Andy Kroll - “Jay Inslee, the ‘Climate Candidate,’ Joins the 2020 Race.”

Experience ratified by U.S court ruling in favour of teens

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xperience of working with secondary age school students in Shepparton (Australia) demonstrates that when the discussion turns to climate change the kids just “get it”.

And now as a further example of that, a U.S, court ruling in favour of some teenagers says their state must address climate change.

EcoWatch reports: “In an unprecedented decision, a judge in Washington State has ruled in favor of a group of young people who filed a lawsuit last year asking that the state be required to develop a science-based plan for limiting carbon emissions in order to protect the climate for future generations.”

Read the EcoWatch story - “Ground breaking Court Ruling Says State Must Address Climate Change,Thanks to Teen Lawsuit”.