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West Coast governments agree to cooperate on climate change, environment, trade and overdose crisis
March 16, 2018 VANCOUVER – The Premier of British Columbia, the governors of Oregon and Washington, and the California secretary for environmental protection, on behalf of the governor of California, met today to mark the 10th anniversary of the Pacific...
Pacific Coast Collaborative states/province redouble their commitment to fight climate change, expand their clean energy economies at close of climate talks
November 16, 2017 Climate change and clean energy economies As the international climate talks in Bonn come to a close, the Pacific Coast Collaborative (PCC) states of California, Oregon, Washington, and the province of British Columbia are redoubling...
International Alliance to Combat Ocean Acidification announces new members, including Fiji, and new plans for action at climate talks in Bonn
BONN, Germany (13. November, 2017) – As part of the UN Climate Change Conference, COP23, the International Alliance to Combat Ocean Acidification (OA Alliance) today announced new members, including the Republic of Fiji, and new commitments from world...
Pacific Coast leaders share clean economy progress at COP 23 global climate change talks in Bonn
BONN, German (12. November, 2017)—Today at the COP23 global climate change talks in Bonn, Germany, U.S. West Coast governors from California, Oregon, and Washington joined in a panel discussion focused on their regional objective of phasing out fossil fuels and moving...
Pacific Coast Collaborative States/Province Commit to Fighting Climate Change, Growing their Clean Energy Economies at COP 23 in Bonn
November 6, 2017 Following are quotes from the U.S. West Coast Governors and the B.C. Premier on their joint efforts to combat climate change and grow their clean energy economies. Below these individual quotes, please find a joint statement regarding COP...
The Ocean Conference West Coast leaders announce commitments to address threats posed to U.S. coastal communities by ocean acidification
NEW YORK, NY (June 6, 2017) – The U.S. States of California and Washington are joining other government and affiliate members of the International Alliance to Combat Ocean Acidification (OA Alliance) at UN Headquarters this week at The Ocean Conference on...
West Coast Governors’ and Mayors’ Response to the President’s Executive Order to Withdraw and Rewrite the Clean Power Plan, Weaken Standards Protecting Our Air Quality and Climate
March 28, 2017 Following are statements from West Coast Governors and Mayors in response to President Trump’s Executive Order, which includes directives to withdraw and rewrite the Clean Power Plan, as well as weaken other standards that protect our air...
Joint Statement in response to the EPA’s reconsideration of federal vehicle fuel-economy and emissions standards
By the Governors of Washington and Oregon, and the Mayors of Oakland, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle March 15, 2017 “As the governors of Washington and Oregon, the mayors of Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, and Oakland, and representing a West Coast...
West Coast Leaders’ Climate Change “Resolve is Strong” as COP 22 Concludes
November 18, 2016 Oregon Governor Kate Brown, California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., Washington Governor Jay Inslee, and British Columbia Premier Christy Clark today issued the following statement on the final day of the United Nations Climate Conference in...