May 4th Matthew Metz joined the 43rd District Environmental Caucus to give and update on the status of getting rid of gasoline in Washington State. 

Matthew reviewed recent Legislative success with the funding of a study for converting public fleets to all electric, to the Zero Emission Vehicle bill just passed and pending the important phase out of fossil fuel vehicles in 2030 (HB2515). 

Matthew also reviewed the toxicity issues with gas stations throughout Seattle and the need for them to be in compliance with current laws regarding toxic leakage into the air and ground. Drawing attention to the environmental hazards of gas stations is one more avenue to helping everyone envision a healthy sustainable  future without gasoline.

Here are the slide’s from Matthew’s presentation.