With fossil fuel executives in charge at the federal level and Trump withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement, now is the moment for strong local leadership on climate change.

We have that opportunity right in our backyard, where Puget Sound Energy (PSE) should complete retirement of its dirty Colstrip coal plants by 2025. PSE prides itself on being a “green” utility, but its Colstrip coal plant was the third largest climate polluter in 2015, with emissions equivalent to about 3 million passenger cars. You can help us make real, tangible progress toward cutting carbon. Ask PSE to step up to the plate and walk its talk by adding your name to the online petition at sc.org/CarbonFreePSE. Let’s make Washington coal-free by 2025.

— Kevin Jones, Carbon Free PSE – Vashon