Perspectives
Over the last two months, you’ve shown up for frontline communities and for House Bill 1903. Our calls to action have resulted in nearly two thousand of you signing in PRO, thousands of emails being sent to lawmakers, countless lobby meetings—and finally, the passage of this important bill!
The last action we need to take for monthly energy bill assistance as this legislative session comes to a close is to urge the governor to sign our bill and make it law. We’re not taking anything for granted and we’re asking you to help us one more time to get this bill across the finish line:
Use the button above to take action and email Governor Ferguson. You can send our pre-written email as is or use it as a template to introduce yourself and personalize it with your own story or community connection. Let the governor know how important energy assistance is to you and send your message directly to his office. Messages from real constituents make a real difference! The more of us he hears from, the harder we will be to ignore.
Please take just one minute to make a lasting difference for thousands of Washington families. We’ve come this far together—let’s make HB 1903 a reality!
The Healthy Environment for All (HEAL) Act is landmark environmental justice legislation that works to reduce health disparities in our most overburdened and polluted communities in Washington State.
Budget writers in Olympia are on the verge of passing harmful cuts that will set back the HEAL Act. Without your support we could see funds for HEAL implementation at the state’s Department of Natural Resources and Department of Agriculture completely eliminated.
The Front and Centered coalition is asking YOU to tell your legislator to defend the HEAL Act and not balance the budget off the backs of frontline communities that are already facing federal and state cuts to critical social services!
We seek a Just Transition away from an extraction-based economy to one centered on ecological restoration, community resilience, and social equity, fueled by regenerative resources and cooperative work, governed by deep democracy, and a culture of caring and sacredness.
March 31: HB 1903, our priority bill this legislative session, is a Right to Energy bill that would bring sustained, monthly energy bill assistance to Washingtonians most in need. Thanks to the support of people like you, the bill was signed by Governor Ferguson yesterday.
The 2026 legislative session was unlike most other ones we’ve faced. Challenging headwinds included a decreased state revenue forecast, hefty budget cuts, and costly tariffs at the federal level—all making it difficult for families to afford basic necessities. While we continued to fight for environmental and climate justice this year, and successfully did so by defending the HEAL Act from budget cuts, our other top priority was protect existing low-income assistance programs along with the funding of a statewide energy assistance program to help bring relief to those most in need.
In July, we released Gardening for Transportation Justice, a report that demonstrated the amazing policy solutions frontline communities are able to implement to reduce carbon emissions and foster climate resilience if they are part of a grant program that takes a community-centered approach.
Now, our policy team has analyzed the state’s 2025–2027 budget. In A Disparity in Washington State’s Transportation Budget, we argue that the state’s current approach to transportation and climate funding falls short of its equity and environmental justice commitments and that Washington must prioritize making transparent, explicit investments in frontline communities.
Download the full report or read the executive summary for a quick overview!
How would you define climate justice? Do you think you’d define it the same way Front and Centered does? And do you know how we try to advance climate justice through our work in Washington State?
Check out our all-new Climate Justice webpage! You’ll find answers to these questions, the latest updates we’re tracking in the world of transportation, energy, and climate resilience, and more!
