Senator Patty Murray's office issued the following today:
(SEATTLE) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) issued the following statement on President Trump’s announcement
to replace President Obama’s Clean Power Plan with a version that will
do little to reduce emissions or transition to renewable energy sources
in order to address climate change, while simply continuing business as
usual at coal plants.
“Once again, President Trump is putting
profits for his well-connected friends ahead of the health and
well-being of the millions of Americans he once vowed to fight for. This
news is particularly insulting for families and fire crews in
Washington state, where right now the skies are filled with smoke from
yet another brutal wildfire season, just one of the many effects of
climate change that our communities are experiencing in real time.
“President Trump’s shortsighted,
reckless plan also sends a dangerous message to the rest of the world
about our country’s inability under President Trump to lead or even be a
good partner on combatting climate change, one of the most critical
issues of our time. I stand with the many people in Washington
state—especially the young people who have been sounding the alarm—who
refuse to be silent as the Trump Administration continues to wipe out
common sense Obama-era policies that put our country on the right path.
We cannot afford to stand down.”