{"id":1525101,"date":"2022-06-21T12:34:22","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T16:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1525101"},"modified":"2022-06-21T12:34:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T16:34:26","slug":"washington-state-governor-warns-climate-change-will-bring-a-summer-of-blackouts-destruction-and-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-state-governor-warns-climate-change-will-bring-a-summer-of-blackouts-destruction-and-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington State Governor Warns Climate Change Will Bring A Summer Of \u2018Blackouts, Destruction, And Death\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwashington-state-governor-warns-climate-change-will-bring-a-summer-of-blackouts-destruction-and-death%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1525101&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Washington state Governor Jay Inslee (D) is warning residents that the summer of 2022 will be one of\u00a0 \u201cblackouts, destruction, and death\u201d due to climate change.<\/p>\n<p>On June 13, Inslee\u2019s campaign sent an email telling voters in The Evergreen State, \u201cIt\u2019s shaping up to be a deadly summer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the climate crisis worsens, we\u2019re facing the most extreme weather in history,\u201d Inslee claimed. \u201cWhile Washington state faced the wettest start to the summer in over 70 years, other states are preparing for sweltering temperatures that will catastrophically disrupt our fragile electrical grid. That means blackouts, destruction, and death. Just look at the headlines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Todd Myers, director of the Center for the Environment at Washington Policy Center, accused Inslee of recently implying that he was willing to destroy a significant contributor to Washington state\u2019s energy supply.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast week, @GovInslee gave implicit support to destroying the Snake River dams and 8% of Washington\u2019s electricity generation,\u201d Myers tweeted.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovInslee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GovInslee<\/a> gave implicit support to destroying the Snake River dams and 8% of Washington\u2019s electricity generation.<\/p>\n<p>Today he sent an email warning about electricity shortages this summer. \ud83e\udd14 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/waleg?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#waleg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0PN5U436Rp\">pic.twitter.com\/0PN5U436Rp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Todd Myers \ud83d\udc1f\ud83c\udf32\ud83d\udc1d (@WAPolicyGreen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WAPolicyGreen\/status\/1536455626074767361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The National Wildlife Federation reported that U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Inslee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwf.org\/Latest-News\/Press-Releases\/2022\/6-9-22-Murray-Inslee-Report\">recently unveiled<\/a> a \u201cdraft report outlining an actionable plan for removing the lower Snake River dams and replacing their services underscores the urgent need to save Northwest salmon from extinction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Center Square\u2019s Washington outlet also recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/washington\/inslee-predicts-blackouts-destruction-and-death-this-summer\/article_93e96cce-ec3a-11ec-8c40-b31db9993c4a.html\">reported<\/a> that Inslee\u2019s decision on the dams was \u201cnot the first time Inslee has said or done something that seems at odds with making sure Washington\u2019s energy needs can be met.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The outlet noted that earlier this year, the governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/washington\/inslee-vetoes-electrical-grid-reliability-bill-over-legislature-s-unanimous-approval\/article_14ea1bd4-b77f-11ec-8811-a3e65c9b2ba8.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vetoed<\/a> a bill that would have addressed the \u201crisk of rolling blackouts and power supply inadequacy events.\u201d That legislation had received unanimous support.<\/p>\n<p>In his veto letter to the legislature, Inslee claimed, \u201cEnsuring that our electricity grid continues to reliably provide power to Washingtonians is a priority for me as well, which is why we have multiple state agencies already working on this issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Washington state is not alone in its struggles to maintain a reliable power grid.<\/p>\n<p>In early June, The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2022\/06\/02\/blackout-states-summer-heat\/\">reported<\/a> that America\u2019s power grid is at risk due to \u201cextreme weather precipitated by climate change\u201d as well as \u201cthe early retirement of fossil fuel plants,\u201d which \u201chas accelerated the destabilization of\u00a0the grid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several energy industry leaders told The Post that the rapid transition toward green energy explains why blackouts now threaten Americans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody has a good sense of where we want to go in terms of decarbonizing the fleet,\u201d Midcontinent Independent System Operator Chief Executive Officer John Bear recently told the press.\u201cWe are moving in that direction. Unfortunately, we are moving in that direction quite quickly and I am worried about the transition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An energy economist at the University of Houston, Ed Hirs, also emphasized that there hasn\u2019t been enough investment into green energy for America to fully take the plunge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve let our infrastructure decay to the point where we have these failures,\u201d Hirs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2022\/06\/02\/blackout-states-summer-heat\/\">said<\/a>. \u201cSomebody has to stand up and start doing something. We have not even addressed what will happen to the grid when every two-car family switches to one plug-in Ford F150 [pickup truck] and one plug-in passenger car. The grid can\u2019t even handle what we have now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The comments come as President Joe Biden keeps insisting that the record-high gas prices give Americans the opportunity to partake in an \u201cincredible transition\u201d off of fossil fuels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington state Governor Jay Inslee (D) is warning residents that the summer of 2022 will be one of\u00a0 \u201cblackouts, destruction, and death\u201d due to climate change. On June 13, Inslee\u2019s campaign sent an email telling voters in The Evergreen State, \u201cIt\u2019s shaping up to be a deadly summer.\u201d \u201cAs the climate crisis worsens, we\u2019re facing &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":1525103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1525101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1525101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1525101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1525101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1525103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1525101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1525101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1525101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}