Jay Inslee: “Well, the point I would like to make is to point out why these things are happening. They're happening because of…”

“Well, the point I would like to make is to point out why these things are happening. They're happening because of leadership. We have leadership from the top with Speaker Nancy Pelosi who, when she assumed office I think in the first week or two, said we're going to have a green House of Representatives, and we're going to save money in the process. And she had a good leader, Dan Beard, take charge of this. And the reason I point this out is that you look at, in corporate America we see similar leadership. The President of Dow Chemical, who 10 years ago basically said we're going to save money, they have now reduced their energy usage by at least 30 percent, and they intend to reduce it another 20 percent. And when I asked him, Why did you do this? He said, Really simple, it saves money. British Petroleum, a petroleum and oil company under the leadership of former Chairman Sir Henry Brown, had reduced their usage of energy and saved $300 million and actually met what would have been their CO2 emissions target. It happens because of leadership.”