Gov. Jay Inslee, who co-founded the bipartisan U.S. Climate Alliance in 2017, joined his co-chairs and national climate advisor Ali Zaidi at Climate Week NYC to announce a new workforce initiative. This initiative complements programs already underway in Washington state to help more people train for jobs and careers in clean energy, climate resiliency and restoration.
U.S. Climate Alliance launches Governors’ Climate-Ready Workforce Initiative, aims to train 1 million new registered apprentices by 2035
NEW YORK, NY — The U.S. Climate Alliance, a bipartisan coalition of 24 governors representing approximately 60 percent of the U.S. economy and 55 percent of the U.S. population, today launched the Governors’ Climate-Ready Workforce Initiative to grow career pathways in climate and clean energy fields, strengthen workforce diversity, and jointly train 1 million new registered apprentices by 2035 across the Alliance’s states and territories.
Today’s announcement was made at a Climate Week NYC event featuring Alliance co-chairs New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, founding member Washington Governor Jay Inslee, and White House National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi.
“In New York, we’re showing how climate action and economic growth go hand-in-hand,” said New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. “As a co-chair of the U.S. Climate Alliance, I’m proud to be collaborating with states, industry leaders, labor unions, higher education and community organizations to create the jobs of the future required to build a clean, equitable, and resilient economy. A skilled and well-prepared workforce will drive innovation, create new businesses, and ensure a sustainable, resilient future for our country.”
“We need a climate-ready workforce — from EV technicians and heat pump installers to solar panel manufacturers — to meet our carbon reduction goals,” said New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. “The Executive Order I’m issuing today in conjunction with the Alliance’s new Workforce Initiative will help ensure that workers from all backgrounds have access to the skills and training needed for high-quality, climate-ready jobs across New Mexico.”
“We’re aligning our ambitious climate policies with workforce development to have 1 million more workers poised to take these good-paying, union jobs that serve our communities and strengthen our economies,” said Washington Gov. Jay Gov. Inslee. “These are economy-wide jobs, not just in clean energy but building trades, land management, clean technology and more. Climate Alliance states have a track record of meeting our ambitious goals and that momentum continues today.”
“Under President Biden and Vice President Harris’s leadership, we are bringing down the barriers to economic opportunity, lowering costs for American families, and catalyzing a renaissance of American-made manufacturing that is creating jobs across America. In fact, just last year, we added over 250,000 new American energy jobs — with clean energy jobs growing twice as fast as the rest of the sector,” said White House National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi. “Governors across America are at the forefront of our efforts to spur growth in union jobs, expand American energy production, and invest in the economic success of our communities. Today’s announcement will help capitalize on our momentum to create a climate-ready workforce that is rebuilding our nation’s infrastructure, communities, and industrial strength.”
The Initiative’s launch comes as historic federal investments, combined with ambitious state climate action, have unleashed a significant expansion of good-paying and union jobs in climate-ready fields — with millions more anticipated in the coming years under the Biden-Harris administration’s Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. This includes high-quality jobs not only in clean energy and clean technology sectors — such as wind, solar, electric vehicles, energy efficiency, and batteries — but also in fields associated with climate resilience and natural climate solutions.
Under this Initiative, Alliance states and territories will collaborate to collectively support 1 million new workers in completing Registered Apprenticeship programs across the coalition by 2035. These programs, registered with the U.S. Department of Labor or federally approved State Apprenticeship Agencies, provide an especially valuable and proven career pathway, empowering workers to earn while they learn in key climate-ready occupations and industries.
Alliance members will also advance a series of collective goals aimed at strengthening and expanding pathways into a wide variety of climate-ready professions critical to building a clean, equitable, and resilient net-zero future. The Initiative’s goals include boosting job quality and ensuring climate-ready employment pathways lead to good-paying, high-quality jobs; expanding opportunities for workers from underrepresented and underserved communities; and promoting the use of stackable and portable credentials in climate-ready fields to build transferable skills, support reskilling and upskilling, and strengthen workers’ economic mobility. A full list of the Initiative’s goals can be found here.
Finally, to advance sector-specific strategies, Alliance members will work together through new multi-state cohorts focused on in-demand, climate-ready fields. These cohorts will provide a platform for states and territories to increase collaboration, share evidence-based practices, engage experts and stakeholders, and develop sectoral workforce solutions that can be scaled across the country. Cohorts to be launched in the Initiative’s first year will focus on careers in the following areas:
Clean Energy, Fuels, and Technologies: Led by Michigan and New Jersey, this cohort will focus on careers in the design, construction, and maintenance of a clean, affordable, and resilient power system; the manufacturing and deployment of zero-emission vehicles and technologies; and the development and distribution of alternative, low-carbon fuels.
Clean Buildings and Industry: Led by Maine and Massachusetts, this cohort will focus on careers in the engineering, design, construction, retrofitting, maintenance, and operation of buildings and industrial processes that are clean, energy-efficient, healthy, and resilient.
Resilient Communities and Lands: Led by Arizona and Vermont, this cohort will focus on careers in the development and maintenance of safe, livable, and resilient communities; preparedness for and response to climate impacts such as extreme heat, wildfires, severe storms, flooding, and drought; and the deployment of natural climate solutions and climate-smart stewardship of our lands and waters.
The Initiative will be led by Alliance states and territories with support from the Alliance’s Secretariat. In implementing the Initiative, Alliance members will customize efforts to meet their individual needs and challenges, while working together to achieve the collective goals. States and territories will also collaborate directly with their workforce development system partners, labor unions, higher education institutions, industry, and other key partners that bring substantial expertise and experience in this work.
This Initiative builds on a number of federal-state collaborations between the Alliance’s members and the Biden-Harris Administration, including a White House convening with Alliance governors’ offices in May focused on creating good-paying jobs and mobilizing a diverse workforce in climate and clean energy.
IN OTHER STATE NEWS HEADLINES:
Washington launches FundHubWA to help people and organizations find climate and clean energy funding.
New portal offers easy-to-use way for people and organizations to apply for historic state and federal funding opportunities
There’s more funding than ever for projects relating to energy efficiency, clean energy and climate resiliency. But for people and organizations to use it, they first need to know it exists. That’s the goal of the state’s new online funding portal called FundHubWA. FundHubWA connects everyone in Washington with federal and state grants, tax incentives and rebates that advance clean air, clean energy, and clean technology./Gov. Office
$400K restitution in the mail to Ilwaco mobile home park residents as a result of successful AG lawsuit./WAAG
Washington delivers $200 energy bill credits to over 690,000 households.WA COMMERCE DEPT.
https://www.commerce.wa.gov/washington-delivers-200-energy-bill-credits-to-over-690000-households/
Paper mill issued $42,000 penalty for hazardous waste violations./DOE
https://ecology.wa.gov/about-us/who-we-are/news/2024-news-stories/sept-24-cosmo-penalty
Trust Profiducia becomes Washington’s 18th state-chartered non-depository trust company
Olympia – The Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) welcomes Trust Profiducia, Inc. (Profiducia) to the Washington State Trust Company Charter effective Sept. 25, 2024. Profiducia is the state’s 18th state-charted non-depository trust company./DFI
https://dfi.wa.gov/news/press/washington-dfi-welcomes-trust-profiducia-inc-state-charter
NEWS FROM OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION:
Senator Murray Issues Statement on FAFSA Update: Urges Careful Implementation and Accessibility for All Students./FROM PRESS RELEASE ISSUED 9.25.24
Senator Murray Continues Push for All-Hands-On-Deck Effort to Increase Affordable Housing and Address Crisis In Washington State./From press release issued 9.25.24
Yakima Projects to Reduce Flooding & Recover Salmon Get Federal Investment
Yakima County, in collaboration with the City of Yakima, gets $10.9M federal grants for Cowiche Creek Confluence Projects to restore floodplains and protect the City of Yakima from flooding; Chelan County also receives grant for floodplain restoration on lower Chiwawa River./from press release issued 9.25.24
Cantwell, Collins Release GAO Report Revealing Federal Government is Ill-Equipped to Handle Cost of Climate Change
Conservative estimates find climate impacts will cost federal government many trillions of dollars./From press release issued 9.26.24
WORLD< NATION< BUSINESS
WORLD:
Nuclear Arms Race ‘Heading in Wrong Direction,’ United Nations Chief Warns, as General Assembly Marks Day for Their Total Elimination
Development and threats of use of nuclear weapons are reaching a high point that must be reversed for the good of future generations, speakers said today during the General Assembly’s annual high-level commemoration of the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons./UN PRESS RELEASE
https://press.un.org/en/2024/ga12636.doc.htm
Palestinian President Urges International Community to Hold Israel Accountable for ‘Full-Scale War of Genocide’, on Day Three of Annual General Debate
All-out Mideast War Must be Averted, World Leaders Implore, Also Calling for Greater UN Support, Intervention to End Widening Crises in Sudan, Haiti/UN PRESS RELEASE
https://press.un.org/en/2024/ga12635.doc.htm
In High-Level Meeting Marking International Day, Secretary-General Urges Nuclear-Weapon States to ‘Stop Gambling with Humanity’s Future’, Disarm Now
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the High-Level Meeting Commemorating and Promoting the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons./UN PRESS RELEASE
https://press.un.org/en/2024/sgsm22387.doc.htm
Remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield at the 2024 Peacebuilding Commission Ministerial-level Meeting./USUN
Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Ministerial Meeting of the Foreign Ministry Channel for Global Health Security./ US STATE DEPT.
NATION:
Remarks by President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at the United Nations General Assembly Leaders’ Reception | New York, NY./WH
U.S., Allies Call for 21-Day Cease-Fire on Israel-Lebanon Border./DOD
Acadia Healthcare Company Inc. to Pay $19.85M to Settle Allegations Relating to Medically Unnecessary Inpatient Behavioral Health Services./DOJ
HUD Announces $48 Million to Expand Access to Housing Counseling to Assist Renters and Homeowners
Funding for more than 160 housing counseling organizations will advance the agency’s goal to provide expert advice and provide pathways to homeownership./HUD
https://www.hud.gov/press/press_releases_media_advisories/HUD_No_24_250
CDC Awards Over $176 Million to Strengthen U.S. Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce./CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2024/p0925-cdc-phi-award.html
BUSINESS:
Justice Department and EPA Announce Settlement to Reduce Benzene and Volatile Organic Compounds from Wastewater at Lima Refining Company’s Refinery in Ohio./DOJ
What Will Artificial Intelligence Mean for America’s Workers? Governor Lisa D. Cook./THE FED
https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/cook20240926a.htm
Biden-Harris Administration Partners with Organizations to Bring Affordable Clean Energy to Rural Americans as Part of Investing in America Agenda./USDA
IRS opens new process for payroll companies, third-party payers to help clients resolve incorrect claims for the Employee Retention Credit./IRS
FTC Announces Virtual Workshop on the Attention Economy: Monopolizing Kids’ Time Online
February event will examine the design features that keep kids on digital platforms./FTC
IN FOCUS & LOCAL MEETINGS:
IN FOCUS: DNR Commits $1.4 Million to Remove Even More Polluting Vessels from Waterways.
A $1 million grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Debris Program will help fund vessel removals, including some on tribal lands.
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is removing abandoned, derelict vessels in waterways and on tribal land with $1.4 million in additional funding for the Derelict Vessel Removal Program (DVRP). The program will use the funding to help the Squaxin Island Tribe remove eight identified derelict vessels from their land.
This is possible thanks to a marine debris removal grant of more than $1 million from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Debris Program with funding provided by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and an additional $400,000 from DNR.
Some of the grant money will go directly toward the cost of handling vessels at Vessel Turn-In Program (VTIP) events. Intercepting boats before they become abandoned or derelict saves on cost of removal, mitigates later damage, and prevents pollution.
DNR has hosted four vessel turn-in events since 2022, which accepted a total of 71 vessels. The turn-in events planned with the new funds will intercept an estimated 180 vessels across the state.
“Old, derelict vessels pollute our waterways and are a huge problem for our ecosystems, human health, and navigation,” said Commissioner of Lands Hilary Franz. "This additional funding will help us continue to grow this program and take in even more vessels to safeguard our waters.”
In the 2021-23 biennium, DVRP removed 319 boats, the highest number to date.
The grant supports the Squaxin Island Tribe by providing funding and DVRP expertise to remove eight vessels on their land.
"The Squaxin Island Tribe is very enthusiastic about this opportunity to work with DNR to clean-up derelict vessels on tribal lands,” said Daniel Kuntz, Policy and Program Manager for the tribe. “Maintaining clean beaches and water are essential to the Squaxin Island culture to ensure gathering access for future generations."
“We are proud to support this high impact project that will remove vessels and provide boat owners options for proper disposal,” said Andrew Mason, Pacific Northwest Regional Coordinator and Pacific Team Lead for the NOAA Marine Debris Program. “This partnership is reducing future vessel abandonment, benefiting the wildlife and communities that depend on a clean and safe Puget Sound.”
ref. https://www.dnr.wa.gov/news/dnr-commits-14-million-remove-even-more-polluting-vessels-waterways
CLALLAM COUNTY MEETINGS:
Clallam County Commission work session for 9.30.24
https://www.clallamcountywa.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09302024-1304
Clallam County Commission meeting for 10.1.24
https://www.clallamcountywa.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10012024-1305
Clallam County Homeless Task Force meeting for 10.1.24
https://www.clallamcountywa.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10012024-1302
Housing solution committee meeting for 10.4.24
https://www.clallamcountywa.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10042024-1299
City of Port Angeles Council meeting for 10.1.24
https://www.cityofpa.us/DocumentCenter/View/15524/10012024-CC-Agenda-Packet
OMC BOARD MEETING FOR 10.2.24
Weekly devotional
BIBLE VERSE:
1 Corinthians 2:14 (New International Version)
The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.
Weekly Bible Lesson:
Prophecy of Peace
Peace, perfect peace—we all seek peace. General Douglas MacArthur once said, “Men since the beginning of time have sought peace. Military alliances, balances of power, leagues of nations—all, in turn, failed, leaving the only path to be by way of the crucible of war. The utter destructiveness of war now blots out this alternative.” Truly the only path to peace, true peace, perfect peace, peace within, is the path that takes us to Jesus Christ.--TFTW
https://truthfortheworld.org/prophecy-of-peace
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THIS WEEKS VIDEOS:
How Kamala’s Radical Climate Agenda Will CRIPPLE Your Finances.
Americans have felt the pain of skyrocketing electric and gas prices since Biden took office, and it’s only going to get worse. With the election just weeks away, Glenn Beck investigates how Kamala Harris’ extreme record on energy and climate change will impact your wallet. While the Harris campaign has been silent about her true radical climate stance while trying to win an election, her record as California senator and vice president is loud and clear. When Kamala Harris ran for president in 2020, her platform included a mandate that 50% of all new cars be zero-emission by 2030 and that carmakers phase out gasoline-powered engines completely by 2035. As vice president, she cast the tiebreaking vote in Congress to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, which included $12 BILLION in grants and loans to help automakers convert factories to build electric vehicles. Glenn uncovers Kamala’s actions and words, combined with the climate activists campaigning for her, to warn that more financial pain is coming under a Harris White House.--Glenn Beck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwX0SZRJdGE
Trump Takes Questions Directly From Voters In Warren, Michigan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leZC68i11KY&t=20s
RFK Jr. speaks at Michigan Trump rally: FULL SPEECH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72LsMJrn0o0&t=498s
Sunday Morning Worship | September 22, 2024
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