Council Unanimously Adopts Pedersen`s Climate Change Resolution in Wake of Historic Wildfires
(WorldNews Environment)

New policy will require City to formally consider impacts of all new legislation on carbon emissions and resiliency to climate change The Seattle City Council unanimously approved Resolution 31933 crafted by Councilmember Alex Pedersen (District 4, Northeast Seattle). The Resolution will, for the first time, require the City Council to formally consider the crisis of climate change when reviewing new legislation. The recurring wildfires that choked Seattle`s air with harmful smoke were an ominous backdrop as Councilmembers recognized the urgent need to...