Gov. Inslee: We Are ‘the Last Generation to Do Something’ About Climate Change

EXCERPT:

MITCHELL: "What do we need to know about how America has been basically ignoring this partly after the withdrawal from the Paris accords. The message that was sent was we can’t really do this alone and if the rest of the world isn’t doing it, we shouldn’t join in."
INSLEE: "Well, we need to know we are the first generation to feel the sting of climate change and we are the last generation to do something about it. And we need to know that this is a matter of urgent peril as Al just talked about. We are all on the front lines of climate change; fires in California, flooding in the Midwest, sea level rise in Florida, fires in Seattle and Washington state kids couldn’t go outside to play because the air was so bad. We’re all on the front lines. But we need to know this is also a matter of great promise, which is an economic opportunity to grow clean energy jobs.”