No on I-2117: “We can’t afford this bad initiative”
In the Evergreen State, we value clean air, healthy communities, and forward progress. That’s why we lead the nation in natural beauty, quality of life, and clean energy. Because of the Cap-and-Invest Climate Commitment Act, it’s no longer free to pollute in Washington. The state’s biggest polluters are funding investments in a clean, prosperous future.
Yet the Climate Commitment Act remains vulnerable to weakening or repeal, including through legislative or regulatory actions, putting thousands of projects and hundreds of programs in communities all across the state at risk of being eliminated, scaled back, or delayed. Without this Cap-and-Invest program, ferries would lose funding. Road and bridge improvements could be delayed. Plans for port electrification and vehicle charging infrastructure would be scuttled. Federal funds and private investment could redirect to other states. And we’d extend our dependence on price-volatile and polluting fossil fuels.
Without Cap-and-Invest funding, the legislature would need to either raise substantial new taxes or make severe program cuts to balance the budget, and would likely employ more costly strategies to meet state climate goals.
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