Initiative 2117 News
No on 2117 Campaign Launches with Unprecedented Statewide Coalition of Washington Companies, Environmental Leaders, Tribal Nations, Labor Unions, and Community Organizations United to Defeat I-2117
No on 2117 Press Release | April 17, 2024
“No on 2117 (no2117.com), the campaign to defeat I-2117, officially launched today with an unprecedented statewide coalition of over 100 Washington companies, environmental leaders, Tribal nations, labor unions, and community organizations across the state. The total amount raised or pledged to defeat I-2117 now exceeds $11 million, including new contributions and pledges since April 1 totaling $5.5 million from Amazon, bp America, Microsoft, Steve and Connie Ballmer, The Nature Conservancy, and others. To date, the No on 2117 campaign also has over 1,200 grassroots donors, and 95 percent of donations to No on 2117 are $100 or less…”
The cost of repealing state laws on climate, health and capital gains
Seattle Times | March 22, 2024
“Climate change is warming the ocean, putting at risk the fisheries that Seattle-area fishing fleets depend upon. Global warming is affecting agriculture, too. For example, state cherry growers received federal assistance after suffering a loss of $100 million this past summer…”
Letter: Protect Climate Commitment Act
The Columbian | March 12, 2024
“Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger once said, if you want to fight climate change, do like California: Adopt a cap-and-trade program and an EV mandate. Ten years later, we did. Our Climate Commitment Act is a cap-and-invest program…Those investments will continue if we vote no on the initiative that repeals the Climate Commitment Act (I-2117).”
New food forest will bring year-round foraging to Tacoma’s South End
KNKX Public Radio | March 7, 2024
“The proposal was one of five in Tacoma that won big grants last week for urban forestry from the state Department of Natural Resources. The five grants total more than $1.3 million dollars, to improve tree equity and enhance urban tree canopy in the largest city in Pierce County…”
WA’s carbon pricing system may fund $200M for new electric ferries
Crosscut – Cascade PBS | March 4, 2024
“But if voters repeal the cap-and-trade program in a November referendum, the plan to convert three diesel vessels to hybrid may need other funding sources…”
Puget Sound counties want modernized ferry fleets. Voters decide their fate this fall.
KUOW | February 26, 2024
“Many replacement ferries and infrastructure upgrades are currently budgeted for in Olympia, said reporter Tom Banse, who’s been covering this story for the Salish Current. But that funding may disappear after Election Day if Initiative 2117 successfully repeals the state’s Climate Commitment Act, commonly known as the cap-and-trade program…”
Washington’s key climate law is under attack. Big Oil wants it to survive.
Grist | February 13, 2024
“Now the landmark law, the Climate Commitment Act, is under attack, threatened by a repeal effort bankrolled by a hedge-fund manager, and representatives for oil companies say they have nothing to do with it. In fact, oil giants want to keep it alive…”
Inslee visits Port of Everett, discusses electrifying WA’s maritime industry
Lynwood Times | January 18, 2024
“The port recently received a $5 million investment from the Climate Commitment Act funds to electrify its Pier 3 to serve all-electric tugs and barges. According to Port of Everett CEO, Lisa Lefeber, these upgrades should lead to carbon reductions of at least 640 tons per year by eliminating the use of diesel generators while also making infrastructure improvements which would enhance the resiliency of the Port…”
More data will help Vancouver make sense of report saying area is among hardest hit by air pollution
The Columbian | January 12, 2024
“The Washington Department of Ecology has rated Vancouver among 16 communities in the state most impacted by air pollution, including carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, particle pollution and sulfur dioxide. Residents in these communities die an average 2.4 years earlier than other Washingtonians and are twice as likely to have poor health, such as lung and heart disease…”
