Sustainability Matters Today

In this episode, my guest is Jay Manning, partner at Cascadia Law Group, an environmental law firm, based in Olympia, Washington, in the US.  In addition to working as an environmental attorney, Jay was the Chief of Staff for Washington Governor Christine Gregoire from 2009 to 2011.  He was the director of the Department of Ecology where he helped clean up and restore the Puget Sound and passed a bill on water management.   Recently, Jay helped create and now currently supports the Pacific Coast Collaborative, a partnership between the states of California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while spurring the economy. We discuss the economic opportunities governments have when they adopt environmentally friendly policies.   We cover Jay’s experience of working with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to make a positive impact on the environment.  From there, Jay describes his involvement at COP-21 where the Paris Agreement was signed.