Olympia, Wash. (Metro) -- Governor Jay Inslee tells a legislative panel that Washington needs to do something about climate change.
The governor wants to create a legislative task force to study climate-change responses.
He says the impacts of global warming could damage Washington's economy to the tune of $10 billion dollars by 2020.
Inslee says the effects are likely to include acidifying oceans, forest fires and drought, as well as changes in temperature.
One climate-change skeptic who testified at Wednesday’s committee hearing said that global temperatures have actually fallen over the past 16 years.
The governor wants to create a legislative task force to study climate-change responses.
He says the impacts of global warming could damage Washington's economy to the tune of $10 billion dollars by 2020.
Inslee says the effects are likely to include acidifying oceans, forest fires and drought, as well as changes in temperature.
One climate-change skeptic who testified at Wednesday’s committee hearing said that global temperatures have actually fallen over the past 16 years.
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