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The New Apollo Energy Project
Thank you for your interest in clean energy issues! Below are:
- Information about proposed New Apollo Energy Project legislation; and
- Reports on alternative energy job creation, energy security, and global warming.
- Information about Inslee's New Apollo Energy Project Legislation:
- Information about Clean Energy:
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Professor Daniel Kammen from the University of California presented a new study at Inslee's energy forum showing that the renewable energy sector generates more jobs per average megawatt of power installed, and per unit of energy produced, than the fossil fuel-based energy sector. Read the report:
[ Putting Renewables to Work: How Many Jobs Can the Clean Energy Industry Generate? ]
Washington State could see an increase of 5 degrees Fahrenheit during the next century due to climate change, according to a report by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Read the Report:
[ Climate Change and Washington ]
Higher temperatures may also affect the Columbia River Basin, which is projected to have 35% less snowpack by 2050, according to a study by Philip Mote of the Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Oceans Climate Impacts Group at the University of Washington. Read the report:
[ Some Impacts of Climate Change in the Pacific Northwest ]
More than two years ago the Bush administration prepared a report detailing the specific effects that global warming will inflict on the American environment. Read the report:
[ U.S. Climate Action Report - 2002 ]
CO2 concentrations in the troposphere have increased by 18% from 1959 to 2002. Read the report from the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center:
[ Newspaper column by Inslee about New Apollo Energy Project ]