BY REID WILSON
The group, Act Now On Climate, said it would back Inslee, who has made climate change a cornerstone of his two terms as governor.
“Climate change is the most pressing issue of our time and the most critical issue the next president will have to address,” said Corey Platt, a senior advisor to the new PAC. “It’s not simply an environmental issue, but also the nexus to jobs and national security.”
Inslee has not formally said he will run for president, but he has said repeatedly that his platform would be based on combating climate change, casting it as an economic and job-creating engine for a new economy, if he launches a bid.
Inslee is expected to make a decision on running for president in the coming weeks.
I hope Jay Inslee does run.
Every Democratic front-runner has adopted Inslee’s language on climate change, though none can say they have taken the same actions that Inslee has.