House Proceeding 05-12-09 on May 12th, 2009 :: 1:23:10 to 1:25:00
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1:23:06 to 1:23:26( Edit History Discussion )

Jay Inslee: capital, threatening the lives and health of people who work around the capitol, chilen in our schools -- capital, children in our schools and the opponents of responsible action for a clean energy economy were saying that that was somehow an attack on coal. . mr. inslee: i think it's important you brought up the

1:23:10 to 1:25:00( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Jay Inslee

1:23:27 to 1:23:48( Edit History Discussion )

Jay Inslee: issue of coal. i think it's very important to note that when this bill comes out of our committee and comes to the floor of the house, it is not going to ignore the potential of coal to remain part of our energy future. we have huge amounts of coal reserves in this country that could power us for hundreds of years.

1:23:49 to 1:24:09( Edit History Discussion )

Jay Inslee: but we need to find a way to burn it more cleanly, to take the carbon dioxide which is now going into the atmosphere and making our oceans more acidic and contributing to global warming, to take that carbon dioxide and bury it in the earth for 10,000 years so it's not going to be a problem.

1:24:10 to 1:24:31( Edit History Discussion )

Jay Inslee: now, in our bill we are not ignoring that issue. we in fact are contributing about $1 billion a year in an effort to that carbon dioxide so we can continue to use coal. this is an important point because we feel that we all need to move together, including the regions of the country that are

1:24:32 to 1:24:55( Edit History Discussion )

Jay Inslee: very heavily coal dependent, and we intend to have a very well-balanced research program where we don't favor any one energy source. we are going to be doing work on solar. we are going to be doing work on wind. we are going to be doing work on geothermal. and we are going to be doing work to find a way, hopefully,

1:24:56 to 1:25:00( Edit History Discussion )

Jay Inslee: to see quester -- sequester carbon dioxide when it comes out of the plants. i think it's an important point