---
title: "US Presidential Candidate Plans to End Fossil Fuel Industry"
description: "Presidential candidate Jay Inslee just unveiled a broad package of policy proposals geared to end the fossil fuel industry and combat climate change."
date: "2019-06-24"
modified: "2019-06-24"
authors:
  - name: "Dan Robitzski"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/danrobitzski"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/jay-inslee-end-fossil-fuel-industry"
categories:
  - "Climate Change"
  - "Environment"
  - "Science & Energy"
tags:
  - "climate change"
  - "environment"
  - "jay inslee"
  - "politics"
  - "the digest"
---

# US Presidential Candidate Plans to End Fossil Fuel Industry

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/jay-inslee-climate-plan-end-fossil-fuel-industry.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Shutterstock/Victor Tangermann\</em\>*

## No Handouts

Democratic presidential candidate Jay Inslee just announced a broad plan to take down the fossil fuel industry piece by piece.

Inslee's package of policy proposals, titled "[Freedom from Fossil Fuels](<https://www.jayinslee.com/issues/freedom-from-fossil-fuels>)" would take drastic action to fight the fossil fuel industry and rapidly transition the U.S. to 100 percent renewable energy, [reports *Earther*](<https://earther.gizmodo.com/jay-inslees-latest-climate-plan-would-be-the-beginning-1835772790>). It's an ambitious bid — akin to U.S. Representative Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez's [Green New Deal](<https://futurism.com/green-new-deal-zero-emission-2030>) and Senator-slash-presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren's [climate proposals](<https://grist.org/article/elizabeth-warrens-newest-climate-proposal-is-based-on-a-wwii-global-aid-package/>) — to get the country on track to prevent the most disastrous effects of global climate change.

## The Nitty-Gritty

First and foremost, Inslee's plan would end government subsidies for any fossil fuel company thus ending the lifeline that would let [unprofitable coal mines](<https://futurism.com/40-percent-coal-plants-lose-money>) die out.

Inslee would also impose new fines on polluters, ban fossil fuel exports, and prevent the industry from using public lands. All along the way, Inslee told *Earther* he would provide pensions, job training, and healthcare to the workers of these companies as they find new jobs.

## Accountability

Finally, *Earther* reports that Inslee would create a new government agency, the "Office of Environmental Justice," that would be tasked with going toe-to-toe with fossil fuel companies that have been ignoring existing laws and getting off scot-free.

"As far as compliance, I would consider it an American tradition that everybody has to comply with the law," Inslee told *Earther*. “Right now, we’re not requiring these industries comply with regulations."

**READ MORE:** [Jay Inslee's Latest Climate Plan Would Be the Beginning of the End For Fossil Fuels](<https://earther.gizmodo.com/jay-inslees-latest-climate-plan-would-be-the-beginning-1835772790>) \[*Earther*\]

**More on climate action:** *[“Green New Deal” Calls for a Zero-Emission America by 2030](<https://futurism.com/green-new-deal-zero-emission-2030>)*

## Author
Dan Robitzki is a senior reporter for Futurism, where he likes to cover AI, tech ethics, and medicine. He spends his extra time fencing and streaming games from Los Angeles, California.

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