“The biggest thing is to focus on implementing the things we said we’re going to do,” said Sen. Joe Nguyen, D-Seattle, the new chairman of the Senate Energy, Environment & Technology Committee.

“There’s a lot of enthusiasm among House and Senate Democrats to keep the momentum going,” said House Majority Leader Joe Fitzgibbon, D-West Seattle. 

Planting shade trees along streams to cool the waters for migrating salmon has bipartisan support. Recycling could be a big issue. Climate change considerations will likely be added to local governments’ land-use planning. And legislators are expected to spend a lot of time divvying up income from the state’s new cap-and-trade law that goes into