Jay Inslee Quotes
We’re the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and the last generation that can do something about it.
Jay Inslee, Governor of Washington (Democrat), U. S. Congressman (Democrat, WA), Quoted in Thomas Friedman, “Memorial Day 2050”, New York Times, May 25, 2014
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Less than an average of 5 feet above sea level, Maldives is the lowest country in the world. It’s highest point is less than 8 feet high. The small increase in the world sea level resulting from climate change has already affected Maldives, and an increase of only a foot would wipe out a large part of the country.
Jay Robert Inslee is an American politician who has served as the 23rd governor of Washington since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 1995 and again from 1999 to 2012, and was a candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.