Alliance members are working to achieve the Paris Agreement’s goal of keeping temperature increases below 1.5 degrees Celsius by reducing emissions, accelerating action, centering equity, and tracking progress. 

Explore Washington's policies and actions across the Alliance's 10 key policy areas. Numbers presented below only reflect the number of policies in this database and thus may not reflect all climate policies pursued.

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GHG Targets + Governance

Just Transition + Equity

Industry

Pricing Carbon + Valuing Damages

Electricity

Transportation

Resilience

Natural + Working Lands

Climate Finance

Buildings

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2025 Clean Energy Technology Workforce Advisory Committee Report

The Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board released the 2025 Clean Energy Technology Workforce report on behalf of the Clean Energy Technology Workforce Advisory Committee. The report highlights current energy workforce demographics and provides recommendations to build a stronger workforce. Given the increasing electricity demand in the state, the state is projected to add 46,000 more clean energy jobs by 2032, including in construction, critical minerals, manufacturing, and the aerospace and maritime industries. The report identifies areas to strengthen the workforce, including recommendations on registered apprenticeships, strong public-private partnerships, and supporting underrepresented populations through training and other measures to expand access to talent.

Executive Order 25-05: Data Center Workgroup

Gov. Bob Ferguson created a workgroup aimed at evaluating the impacts of data centers on Washington’s economy, tax revenue, energy use and the environment. Ferguson signed Executive Order 25-05 directing the Washington State Department of Revenue to establish and lead a data center workgroup, which will recommend policies and actions for addressing energy use and impacts on the economy and job market by December 1, 2025.

The Data Center Workgroup was tasked to discuss certain impacts of data centers and generate findings on the state’s economy, tax revenue, energy use, tribal resources, and the environment. It is further directed to consider possible policy recommendations that “. . . balance industry growth, tax revenue needs, energy constraints, and sustainability.”

There are two subgroups: Tax Revenue and Economic Development Subgroup and the Energy & Resource Impacts Subgroup

Data Center Workgroup

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Data Center Workgroup: Preliminary Report

The state Data Center Workgroup's preliminary report on its findings and recommendations in response to EO 25-05. A final report will not be released until the tribal consultation process is complete in response to requests for consultation.

Executive Order 21-11, Uniform Approach for Identifying Overburdened Communities to Direct and Track Investments

Executive Order 24-11, Uniform Approach for Identifying Overburdened Communities to Direct and Track Investments under the Healthy Environment for All and Climate Commitment Acts, seeks to ensure the state is upholding its budgetary and reporting duties on environmental justice. The Healthy Environment for All (HEAL) and Climate Commitment Act (CCA) embedded environmental justice into state government, including directing investments to vulnerable populations. However, state agencies need effective, accurate, and uniform reporting on invested funds.

Pursuant to Executive Order 24-11, these guidelines outline a uniform approach for executive and small cabinet agencies to identify overburdened communities and vulnerable populations to direct and track investments under the Healthy Environment for All (HEAL) Act and Climate Commitment Act (CCA). The approach ensures that investments made under these laws are effectively directed towards creating benefits for vulnerable populations in overburdened communities and tracked consistently across state agencies. This approach will guide investments and tracking methods for fiscal years 2024 and 2025. It does not apply retroactively. The Governor’s Office intends that this approach be updated to guide investments and tracking for the 2025-2027 biennium.

Uniform Approach Guidelines

The mapping tool can be used to view where Overburdened Communities are located in Washington State. This tool was created using Washington’s Environmental Health Disparities Map, Climate Economic Justice Screening Tool and Tribal Data and uses several key indicators, including health, income, and exposure to environmental hazards.