Environmental Priorities Coalition

And that's a WRAP for the WA Legislative Session! Here's a recap of the environmental progress we made with your support:

✅ Climate Commitment Act funding towards air quality, salmon recovery, forest protection, affordable housing, and more.

✅Passed the 100% clean school buses legislation.

✅Passed the Buy Clean Buy Fair legislation.

EPC Celebrates End of Session, Clean Buses & CCA Investments Environmental Priorities Coalition (EPC) celebrates its legislative and budget victories, including passage of 100% Clean School Buses (HB 1368), and an estimated $1.2 billion in Climate Commitment Act funding for critical needs in communities.

We did it! passed the Senate floor!

Now, it's up to Governor Jay Inslee to sign off on 100% clean school buses for the climate and healthy kids!

Your senator needs to hear from you! Give them a call and ask for their support on the 100% Clean School Bus Bill!

Use our easy phone call template here: https://wagreen.p2a.co/fvjA9NH

Or text EPC BUS to 52886 to access it directly from your cellphone.

Washington State Senate Democrats Please pass ! Washington needs 100% Clean School Buses to ✅ keep kids healthy and ✅meet our climate goals!

HOMESTRETCH ACTIONS: Email, Tweet, & Call your senator to pass the 100% Clean School Bus bill: http://wcaction.us/1368

We need all hands on deck to get this done.

ICYMI: passed the Ways & Means Committee! 🎉Next stop: Senate Floor

We’re one step closer to electrifying school buses in Washington! Let’s get this done 💪

bit.ly/healthykidswa

NEW: The Clean School Bus Bill is scheduled in the Senate Ways & Means tomorrow @ 9a.m. Here are two simple actions you can take to keep the bill alive and moving!

1. Sign in PRO: wcaction.us/1368

2. Send a message to your senators: bit.ly/healthykidswa

100% Clean School Buses for Washington Washington families need 100% clean energy school buses

ICYMI: The Clean School Bus bill passed the Senate Committee for Early Learning and K12 Education! Next stop: The Senate Ways and Means! Let's get this bill over the finish line!

We need to keep up the momentum! Join our text bank TODAY at 4PM PST to keep the bus bill moving!

Sign up: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqf-iqpzMoH9ZgtMZ1W01cTuqkjNxCxa_V #/registration

BREAKING: The Buy Clean Buy Fair Act just passed the House Floor! This bill reduces emissions and improves working conditions.

Now, urge your Senators to do the same: https://wagreen.p2a.co/Zqgplpc

Tell your Legislators: Support and vote YES on Buy Clean Buy Fair

ICYMI: The Clean School Bus Bill passed the House Floor on the weekend!

We're so close! Urge your senators to add their support: http://bit.ly/healthykidswa

ACTION ALERT 🚨

The is currently scheduled for a hearing in the House Appropriations Committee tomorrow morning.

Sign in PRO in support of SHB 2049, before 9.30a.m. TOMORROW >> https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/Add?chamber=House&mId=31826&aId=158360&caId=23767&tId=3

BREAKING: SB 6052 passed the Senate Environment, Energy, and Technology Committee!

Thank you to Senators Nguyen, Lovelett, Lovick, Trudeau, and Wellman for your bold leadership in standing up to corporate polluters and fighting for strong consumer protections.

🚨 Last night, the House Appropriations Committee voted to pass HB 1368, the 100% Clean School Bus Bill! A future where children are no longer exposed to harmful emissions on their commute to school is possible.

Today, hundreds of youth gather in Olympia to demand climate action 💪 Let’s keep up the momentum towards climate justice and pass this bill!

It's time for Washington State to hold oil companies accountable, and to protect consumers from unfair industry price manipulations. Contact your lawmaker now! https://climatesolutions.quorum.us/campaign/55423/

It's Day 1 of the 2024 WA Legislative Session! Who's excited?!?

We have THREE priorities to get across the finish line this year. Check them out below or at environmentalpriorities.org.

Sign up for action alert SMS updates by texting 'EPC' to 52886!

That's a wrap on the 2023 Washington Legislative Session! With your help, we achieved historic wins for people and our environment 🎉🙌

Read our full press release detailing our wins and where progress still remains: https://waconservationaction.org/end-of-2023-session/

Legislators of 2023 Session Make Historic Investments Using Climate Commitment Act Dollars to Reduce Emissions and Fund Environmental Justice, Pass Generational Changes to GMA; Environmental Progress Remains for Salmon, Recycling The 2023 Washington Legislative Session concludes, with legislators harnessing Washingtonians advocacy to achieve big wins for people and our environment with passage of transformative update to the…

BREAKING: HB1181, the GMA Climate bill, one of our PASSED the legislature and is on the way to Gov. Inslee's desk!

This is a HUGE victory for climate and our communities after three long years of work, collaboration, and fierce leadership. Cities and counties are now required to consider the impacts of the climate crisis in their planning process!

ACTION ALERT: Here are two actions you can take RIGHT NOW to advance climate justice and salmon restoration.

Take action for climate here: https://wagreen.p2a.co/b2i0jrs

Take action for salmon habitat here: https://wagreen.p2a.co/u3sgq4d

We're teaming up with Futurewise Washington Conservation Action Sierra Club Washington State The Nature Conservancy in WA to mobilize supporters to urge legislators get across the finish line!

JOIN US TOMORROW 4/5 at 6pm: http://wcaction.us/TEXTBANK

(ps: this textbank is introvert-friendly!😉)

"We have a once-in-a-generation chance to take climate action to bring us closer to that vision. The League of Women Voters supports aggressive action that needs to be taken by our Legislature."

-Ann from League of Women Voters Spokane on supporting the Climate Commitment Act

Read more:

Letters for March 23, 2023 Ukraine deserves our support

URGENT: GMA Climate bill, HB 1181 is having a public hearing on 3/23.

We got over 1,000 pro signs in the last hearing, let’s do it again! Sign-in PRO now >> https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/Add?chamber=Senate&mId=31091&aId=154165&caId=22430&tId=3

URGENT: Only 3 days to pass HB1131, the !

Urge your Reps vote YES >> https://environmentwashington.webaction.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=53700

BREAKING: , GMA Climate bill just made it through the House floor! 🎉🎉🎉

Next stop: Senate committee! 😎

🚨ACTION ALERT🚨

A House vote for , the WRAP Act is imminent. Make sure your Reps are voting YES >>> tinyurl.com/WRAP

Next step -> House Floor!

ACTION ALERT: The Wrap Act is scheduled for an Executive Session in the House Committee on Appropriations TOMORROW 2/23 at 9am.

Urge committee members vote YES to support a strong WRAP Act now >> https://wagreen.p2a.co/jloukm9

On the final day of , we asked the youth: what are you advocating for?

Check out this doodle from the youth cohort of 2023 Environmental Lobby Days. Thank you for continuing to inspire us.

ACTION ALERT 🚨 Legislators have the opportunity to right-size funding for salmon restoration efforts this legislative session.

They need to hear from you on how important salmon restoration is to:
✅Protect our Northwest identity
✅Ensure our orcas thrive
✅Uphold tribal sovereignty
✅Ensure resources for future generations

Send an email now >> https://wagreen.p2a.co/jUng5mj 💪

Hope you enjoyed our EPC Priority briefing: Investing in Salmon Habitat at the Environmental Lobby Days today! Missed it? No worries! Access session recordings at environmentallobbyday.com/resources

🚨URGENT: The bill SHB 1131 needs our support. SHB 1131 will have a public hearing in the Appropriations Committee on Wednesday 2/15 at 4pm.

The WA Recycling and Packaging will address the growing amount of unnecessary packaging, much of which is plastic and not able to be recycled through our current recycling programs.

SIGN IN PRO by 3pm 2/15 to support HB 1131 now >>> https://tinyurl.com/3zj5m9ff