Greg Mason / The Spokesman-Review
Gov. Jay Inslee doesn’t believe forest fires or oceanic issues are the biggest threats Washington faces from climate change.
Rather, he thinks it’s something deeper: Fear.
“Because I think the reason this has been difficult for us to make this transition more quickly is people’s fear that we can’t do this and it’s just too hard and that we’re not smart enough to invent and build a new clean energy future,” Inslee said Friday. “I think we’re up against the forces of fear from people unwilling to take actions we need to help develop these clean energy resources.”
The response was among the several Inslee offered on climate questions posed Friday by Gonzaga University students. Gonzaga was one of the stops the governor and his wife, Trudi, made during a trip Friday through parts of Spokane County.
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