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“Our government spent $387,000
giving rabbits a daily massage.
That doesn’t sound wasteful to me.
That sounds adorable.”
— “Jimmy Kimmel Live” with Jimmy Kimmel, Oct. 22, 2014 (1)
“Am I going to do an EIS that has to do an
analysis of the methane produced by a cow
in China because I’m exporting alfalfa?”
— State Sen. Doug Ericksen, R-Ferndale, responding to the release
of a Sightline report citing potential environmental impacts from the
proposed coal terminal at Cherry Point, Sept. 9, 2014 (2)
“There’s a tendency for some people to minimize this as some radical notion. But this
is not some hippie, patchouli oil smoking — or whatever — Woodstock moment.”
— Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee speaking at the Future Energy Conference where he unveiled his proposals to address electric vehicles, solar
power and big ticket items to tackle carbon emissions and enact low-carbon fuel standards, Nov. 5, 2014 (3)
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