The orange skies above San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, and elsewhere were an ominous sign of the climate crisis's increasing impacts and drive home the urgency of the moment. We need to act quickly to address this massive challenge—and one of the most important ways we can do this is by developing sustainable, zero-emissions public transportation in high-density areas.

Washington State is ignoring one of the best tools in our toolbox to fight climate change: divesting the states more than $125 billion in public employee pension funds from the fossil-fuel industry.