KVI morning host John Carlson interviews University of Washington Atmospheric Sciences professor, Cliff Mass, who provides a fact-check after the Seattle Times posted an editorial urging a ‘no’ vote on I-2117, which would allow voters to keep or reject the carbon pricing law in Washington, known as the “cap and invest” carbon permit auction to burn fossil fuels.
To hear Carlson’s interview with Mass, click the play button below.
Mass says the “cap and invest” law serves as a regressive tax regarding gasoline and diesel prices paid by Washington residents in the lower tier of household income. Mass adds the cap and invest law supporters have been “deceptive” in their support for the defacto gas tax.
Mass concludes, “Deceiving people about climate change as they’re doing and pushing things that hurt low-income people, that’s bad. So I think it’s important to stand up against it.”
Mass has announced he is endorsing a ‘yes’ vote on I-2117, which would result in a repeal of the “cap and invest” component of Gov. Jay Inslee’s Climate Commitment Act which went into effect on January 1st, 2023. I-2117 appears on the general election ballot for Washington voters on November 5th, 2024. I-2117 was approved to the general election ballot when it was certified by the Washington Secretary of State’s office after collecting more than 400,000 voter signatures in late 2023.
