Washington Gov. Jay Inslee's spokesman may have created some complications for the Democratic 2020 hopeful by painting him as a leader in killing coal and oil export terminals planned along the west coast.
That set off alarm bells for Washington state Rep. Jim Walsh, a Republican, who said it contradicted the Inslee administration's claim they followed "the letter and spirit of the law in reviewing critical infrastructure projects," like coal export terminals.
That includes Washington state's high-profile rejection the Millennium Bulk Terminals' proposal to build the largest coal export terminal in the U.S., which would have been in Walsh's district. Inslee critics at the time saw it as part of the governor's climate, anti-fossil fuels agenda.
"Now, a boastful quote in an industry trade magazine confirms what many of us have suspected," Walsh told The Daily Caller News Foundation.
"Governor ...
2020 Hopeful Jay Inslee Takes Heat For His Climate Change Agenda
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