Governor saves best for last

Tom James

Tom James Jul 1, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Governor saves best for last</h1>
                <h2><p>Or almost last. Toward the end of an otherwise uneventful midday lunch interview in downtown Seattle, Governor Jay Inslee let slip what might be considered a small milestone: He thinks the state should include the effects of coal burned overseas in the environmental impact statement being drawn up for the</p></h2>
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            <p>Or almost last. Toward the end of an otherwise uneventful midday lunch interview in downtown Seattle, Governor Jay Inslee let slip what might be considered a small milestone: He thinks the state should include the effects of coal burned overseas in the environmental impact statement being drawn up for the <a href="http://crosscut.com/2013/01/22/coal-ports/112576/coal-train-the-Gateway-Pacific-Terminal-decision/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">coal trains</a>. Crosscut's Vanesha Manuturi was on hand for the CityClub-sponsored luncheon. Inslee’s answers were mostly unsurprising: fewer tax breaks, more focus on education and an urgency in creating climate policies. But when coal trains came up, the governor said he’d like to see Washington focus on clean energy rather than coal. Asked if he will stop the development of the two big coal ports being proposed for the state, he said he will “follow the law in Washington” by conducting a full environmental impact statement that includes the impacts of coal dust and overseas pollution.</p>
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Or almost last. Toward the end of an otherwise uneventful midday lunch interview in downtown Seattle, Governor Jay Inslee let slip what might be considered a small milestone: He thinks the state should include the effects of coal burned overseas in the environmental impact statement being drawn up for the coal trains. Crosscut's Vanesha Manuturi was on hand for the CityClub-sponsored luncheon. Inslee’s answers were mostly unsurprising: fewer tax breaks, more focus on education and an urgency in creating climate policies. But when coal trains came up, the governor said he’d like to see Washington focus on clean energy rather than coal. Asked if he will stop the development of the two big coal ports being proposed for the state, he said he will “follow the law in Washington” by conducting a full environmental impact statement that includes the impacts of coal dust and overseas pollution.

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By Tom James

Tom James is a feature writer and photographer from Kingston, Washington, who has reported from Seattle, Olympia, Guatemala, Jordan, and the Olympic Peninsula on topics ranging from drug use in the Na