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Related: About this forumJay Inslee's Evergreen Economy Program
Governor Jay Inslees Evergreen Economy Plan is a comprehensive vision to build a clean energy economy that will create 8 million good jobs during the next 10 years. The plan catalyzes roughly $9 trillion of investment with at least $300 billion in average annual federal spending leveraging approximately $600 billion more each year in American industries and manufacturing, infrastructure, skilled labor, and new technology deployment.
The Evergreen Economy Plan is built on the model that has led Washington state to become the fastest-growing economy in America making historic investments in clean energy research and deployment, creating good jobs in 21st century manufacturing, building green transportation infrastructure, supporting modern job-training programs, raising wages, and protecting workers rights and families.
This plan is the second major policy announcement from Governor Inslees Climate Mission agenda, a 10-year national mobilization to defeat climate change and build a just, innovative, and inclusive clean energy future. Inslees Climate Mission will put America on a path to achieving net-zero climate pollution before 2045, to meet the clear demands of climate science.
On May 3, Governor Inslee announced his 100% Clean Energy for America Plan, which set 100% clean standards for electricity, new vehicles and new buildings. The Evergreen Economy Plan provides the robust public investments necessary to match these strong standards and meet the goal of 100% clean energy. This plan will create millions of family wage jobs, and place the rights of workers at the center of the American economy once again.
Governor Inslees Evergreen Economy Plan is a forward-looking approach that will revitalize Americas economy for the 21st century. This comprehensive suite of 28 policy initiatives will put Americans to work in every community. It is based on an expansive approach to the clean energy economy: It will create jobs for technicians installing solar panels, electricians upgrading buildings, engineers designing smart grid solutions, and pipefitters upgrading water infrastructure. Governor Inslees plan includes programs to spur growth and build infrastructure in rural communities from agricultural innovation to rural electrification. And this plan also includes investments in affordable housing and municipal infrastructure, which will be especially important to revitalizing urban communities and creating jobs across the country.
Inherent throughout Governor Inslees Evergreen Economy Plan and to the entirety of the Climate Mission agenda he has outlined for America is the urgent need to support frontline, low-income, and Indigenous communities, and communities of color. These people are being impacted first and worst by the accelerating damages of climate change, and have endured a legacy of air, water, toxics and climate pollution, along with a deficit of public investment and support. Through an assertive agenda of reinvestment that is guided by strong local input, Governor Inslees plan seizes the opportunity to build a clean energy economy that provides inclusive prosperity upon a foundation of economic, environmental, racial and social justice.
And, importantly, the Evergreen Economy Plan includes new protections for American workers to ensure fair wages, safety and organizing rights. After decades of erosion of workers rights, America must reset the balance that has disadvantaged working people for too long. The Evergreen Economy Plan creates a foundation of strong unions, fair wages, and good benefits that lifts up every worker at every step of their career, in every corner of the economy. This includes vital support for resource dependent communities and energy workers who are today experiencing disruption in their lives as the world transitions toward more sustainable energy systems.
The Evergreen Economy Plan focuses on 5 key strategies for economic growth:
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Andy823
(11,495 posts)He has plans on how to implement those ideas. He has done a great job in Washington state, I live there, and his plan to take on climate change is far more advanced than other candidates plans, although some of the others are on the right track.
I think he will start doing better after the debates start, and since the top issue lately is climate change, he will have a great chance to let the people know where he stands, and I do think this will boost him in the polls.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden