Inslee Vows to Defend Washington State Climate Law Under Attack

Washington Governor Jay Inslee vowed on Thursday to defeat an attempt to repeal his state’s landmark climate law, calling it a powerful tool to curb carbon pollution, create jobs and ensure low-income communities share in the prosperity of a clean economy.

“We do not intend to lose,” he said at the Bloomberg Green Festival in Seattle. “We do not intend to surrender to a pollution blanket that allows special interests to rip us off and then burn us up.”

Inslee, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate who made climate a centerpiece of his campaign, is completing his third term of ...