>>> I DECIDED ON MY DEATH BED I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT MY
THREE GRAND KIDSES IN THE EYE
AND TELL THEM I DID EVERYTHING
HUMANLY POSSIBLE TO RESCUE THEM
FROM THE MONSTER OF CLIMATE
CHANGE.
CHANGE.
THAT MEANS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> WASHINGTON GOVERNOR AND
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR
PRESIDENT JAY INSLEE IN
CALIFORNIA ON A BOLD PLAN TO RADICALLY DECARBONIZE THE TO
RADICALLY DECARBONIZE THE AMERICAN ECONOMY OVER THE NEXT
TWO DECADES.
TWO DECADES. A NEW POLL SHOWS THE PRIMARY
ELECT IS FOCUSED LIKE NEVER
BEFORE ON THE ISSUE.
82% OF DEMOCRATS LISTED IT AS A
TOP PRIORITY, THE HIGHEST NUMBER
FOR ANY SINGLE ISSUE.
HIS PLAN IS AGGRESSIVE.
HE WOULD MANDATE THAT ALL ELECTRIC ISSUE NEEDS TO BE
EMISSION-FREE BY 2035.
WASHINGTON GOVERNOR AND 2020
CANDIDATE, JAY INSLEE.
WHAT ARE THE MAIN IDEAS BEHIND
THE PLAN?
>> THIS IS A BIG, BOLD,
AMBITIOUS PLAN.
WE ARE A BIG, BOLD, AND
AMBITIOUS NATION.
ITS A CAN DO NATION. IT NEEDS A KACAN DO PRESIDENT.
IT IS BASED ON SUCCESS AND BASED
ON THE SUCCESS I HAD AS GOVERNOR
PASSING CLEAN ELECTRICAL GRID BILL FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY.ID
BILL FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY. PASSING A BILL TO ELIMINATE
SUPER POLLUTANTS AND WE NEED
SUCCESS.
SECOND IS BASED ON A MULTISEC MULTISECTORAL BASIS. MULTISEC
MULTISECTORAL BASIS.
IT DOESNT HAPPEN TO HAVE DREAMS
OF FUTURE PROPOSALS. THIS IS CONCRETE.LS.
THIS IS CONCRETE. THESE ARE RULES.
THESE ARE ENDORSABLE AND THIS IS
BASED ON MY TWO DECADES OF WORK.
I THINK WE ARE READY FOR
BUSINESS.
>> TALK ABOUT THE ENFORCEABLE
RULES.
IS THERE A HARD CAP THAT FADES IN OVERTIME.ARD CAP THAT FADES
IN OVERTIME. THERE IS A LOT OF TALK OF
CARROTS AND TALK OF STICKS THAT
HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF FASHION.
ITS HARD TO SEE DECARBONIZING
WITHOUT THEM.
>> WE HAVE A REGULATORY CAP THAT
ARE LEGALLY ENFORCEABLE.
WE KNOW THE SCIENTIFIC REALITY
IS WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BURN COAL FOREVER.O BE ABLE
TO BURN COAL FOREVER. WE HAVE A HARD CAP IN MY STATE
IN 2025. SO THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE
COAL-BASED POWER.
COAL-BASED POWER. WE HAVE A CAP THAT REQUIRES 100%
CLEAN ELECTRICITY WITHOUT FOSSIL
FUELS IN 2035.
WE HAVE A HARD CAP THAT WE WONT
HAVE AT LEAST NOT WITHOUT BIOFUELS IN 2030 TO BE SOLD
AFTER THAT DATE.
THESE ARE ENFORCEABLE AND WE NEED IT.E ENFORCEABLE AND WE
NEED IT. >> 2035.
>> 2035. IS THAT A TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE
THING.
THING.
FORGET ABOUT THE COUNTRY. TALK ABOUT YOUR STATE OF.
TALK ABOUT YOUR STATE OF WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON.
CAN YOU GET RID OF EVERY
NON-RENEWABLE SOURCE OR CARBON
EMITTING SOURCE AND KEEP THE LIGHTS ON IN WASHINGTON IN 30
YEARS?
YEARS?
>> YOU BET.
HERES THE REASON WHY. WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HOW
INNOVATIVE AND ADEPT OF A
COUNTRY WE ARE.
HERES AN EXAMPLE.
WE HAD ANOTHER THREAT DECADES
AGO CALLED FASCISM. IN 1940, WE BUILT 77 JEEPS.
FOUR YEARS LATER WE BUILT 640
THOUSAND JEEPS.
THOUSAND JEEPS.
THATS WHAT WE CAN DO WHEN WE PUT OUR MINDS TO IT. WHEN WE
PUT OUR MINDS TO IT. JOBS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY ARE
GROWING TWICE AS FAST.
WE NEED TO BREAK THE STRANGLE
HOLD AND STOP THE $27 BILLION OF GIVEAWAYS AND GET DOWN TOLION OF
GIVEAWAYS AND GET DOWN TO BUSINESS.
BUSINESS. I KNOW WE CAN DO IT.
>> YOU HAVE RUN AS A CLIMATE
CANDIDATE.
CANDIDATE.
WHEN YOU ARE OUT ON THE TRAIL, I HAPPEN TO THINK ITS THE MOSTL, I
HAPPEN TO THINK ITS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE IN A HISTORICAL
SENSE, BUT PEOPLE HAVE ALL SORTS OF STUFF.T PEOPLE HAVE ALL SORTS
OF STUFF. YOU HAVE AN UNDOCUMENTED UNCLE
WHO MIGHT GET ROUNDED UP AND
HEALTH CARE BILLS.
WHAT ARE INTERACTIONS ON THE TRAIL LIKE.TERACTIONS ON THE
TRAIL LIKE. PEOPLES GENERAL SENSE OF WHAT
THEY WANT OUT OF A PRESIDENT.
WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO TALK ABOUT
VERSUS THE CLIMATE. >> THEY WANT SOMEBODY TO DEFEAT
CLIMATE CHANGE.
CLIMATE CHANGE. THIS IS NOT ONE ISSUE, BUT ALL
THE ISSUES.
THE ECONOMY WHERE WE ARE SUFFERING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
DAMAGE.
DAMAGE.
I HAVE A PORTFOLIO OF SUCCESS,
THE FIRST GUY TO STAND UP
AGAINST THE MUSLIM BAN.
I SUED HIM 21 TIMES NOW.
THE HIGHEST MINIMUM WAGE.
IM THE FIRST TO PASSE LONG-TERM
CARE PLAN.
BIG TEACHER PAY INCREASES.
VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING MANY OF THE
CANDIDATES ARE SUGGEST I
ACCOMPLISHED IN MY STATE.
THATS THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING A
GOFF MORVERNOR WHO CAN GET THING
DONE.
>> THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING
GOVERNOR WITH TWO DEMOCRATIC
SENATORS.
>> MY FIRST FOUR YEARS.
>> YOU NOW HAVE BOTH. SOME OF THIS HAPPENED SINCE YOU
FLIPPED THEM.
FLIPPED THEM.
>> WE NEED TO GET RID OF THE FILIBUSTER THAT. ARTIFACT WOULD
STOP US COLD FROM GETTING
CLIMATE CHANGE AND I HOPE MORE OF THE OTHER CANDIDATES WILLRE
OF THE OTHER CANDIDATES WILL FOLLOW MY LEAD ON THIS.
WE NEED SOMEONE WHO CAN GET
THINGS DONE.
THINGS DONE.
THE BIGGEST EDUCATION PACKAGE.
>> LET ME STOP YOU RIGHT THERE.
IS ANYTHING POSSIBLE ON CLIMATE
AT THE SCALE AND SCOPE NECESSARY
THAT YOU AGREE ON. IS ANYTHING POSSIBLE WITH THIS
REPUBLICAN PARTY AT THE FEDERAL
LEVEL IN. >> THERE MAY BE THINGS WE CAN DO
AND WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND
WAYS TO SEQUESTER CARBON IN TOP SOIL AND TREES IN THE FORESTTOP
SOIL AND TREES IN THE FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.
PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.
THOSE MIGHT HAVE BIPARTISAN SUCCESS.GHT HAVE BIPARTISAN
SUCCESS.
LOOK, WE HAVE TO GET THE REPUBLICANS TO LEAD AND FOLLOW
AND LET OUT OF THE WAY.
THEY ARE NOT LEADING AND
FOLLOWING.
THEY NEED TO GET OUT OF THE WAY
AND LET US MOVE FORWARD TO THE
NATIONS DESTINY TO BUILD A
CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY.