Energy Security and Climate Initiative

[On climate change] We need to take adaptation very seriously. Because we’ve waited so long we need to be ready for emergency responses.

[On climate change] We should be looking at the options for removal of all the major greenhouse gases. After CO₂ [carbon dioxide], methane is the next leading candidate.

[On Washington governor and U.S. presidential candidate Jay Inslee's recently released climate plan] It is not clear to me that supply chains could meet the need for all new light- and medium-duty vehicles and buses, along with all new buildings, to be zero-emission by 2030. [Yet], no other candidate is devoting this much attention to the climate issue.