'Climate agenda' to cost you $20,000

Eleven years ago, when we started debating the climate agenda in Olympia, I sat on a study committee we called the Climate Legislative Executive Workgroup and asked an unpopular question: How much good will these policies do and how much will they cost?

How dare I ask a question like that? The fate of Mother Earth was at stake. No expense was too great.

Today, we are starting to get an idea of the cost.

How would you like to pay $20,000? How about $50,000 or more?

This is how much individual homeowners could have to pay under a bill that passed the state Senate, 27-22, on Friday night, allowin...