Act Faster on Methane!

The August IPCC report paints a dire picture of changes to our climate that future generations will have to deal with for hundreds or thousands of years.

Our ability to keep our planet below 1.5°C of warming is vanishing fast, and requires immediate and bold action.

The most immediately effective thing we can do is to limit the amount of super-greenhouse gases we put into our atmosphere, starting with methane.

The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission, at the direction of the state legislature, will be hiring a consultant to recommend how the state can decarbonize our fossil gas industry.

Unfortunately the timeline to produce a report is too slow -- it won't be available for two years! Please personalize and send this message to the Commissioners and project staff telling them to act with appropriate urgency.

Please send your message before 5:00 pm, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021.

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Dear Commissioners Danner, Balasbas and Reykdahl,

The August IPCC report (https://www.ipcc.ch/assessment-report/ar6/ ) paints a dire picture of changes to our climate that future generations will have to deal with for hundreds or thousands of years.

Our ability to keep our planet below 1.5°C of warming is vanishing fast, and requires immediate and bold action.

Washington state is already hugely affected by this warming, and it will only get worse ('How are we going to do better than survive?’, Washington Post, August 7, 2021, https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/08/07/fire-smoke-winthrop-washington/).

Above all, it is of the utmost urgency that we reduce the “super pollutants” we put into our atmosphere, such as methane.

While I am heartened that the state legislature has directed your Commission to recommend equitable decarbonization pathways for our state’s fossil gas industry, the timeline for Docket U-210553 does not produce a report until the second quarter of 2023, two years from now.

That is not fast enough.

I’m not asking the Commission to cut corners. Washington needs to end its use of fossil gas quickly, but also in a way that provides a just transition for fossil fuel workers and ensures that low income communities are not over-burdened during the transition.

I’m asking the Commission to act quickly and require your consultant to produce their report sooner, perhaps in stages, so that key members of the legislature can begin to process the recommendations well before the 2023 session.

We have very limited time to act.

Sincerely yours,

Sincerely, [Your information here]