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Wed Feb 7, 2024, 01:14 PM Feb 2024

'It's just starting': Inslee champions climate initiatives in Marysville

MARYSVILLE — Ahead of an upcoming ballot measure challenging landmark climate legislation, Gov. Jay Inslee visited Marysville on Tuesday to champion the Climate Commitment Act.

Passed by the state Legislature in 2021, the act established a cap-and-invest program for the state’s largest polluters.

The program sets an annual limit for Washington’s overall carbon emissions. Businesses are then required to buy allowances for every metric ton of pollution they emit at quarterly auctions hosted by the state Department of Ecology.

The program went into effect in January 2023, but Inslee said counties are just starting to roll out new electric vehicle charging stations and other projects that will receive funding from the law. In November, voters could see Initiative 2117 on their ballots, which could repeal the cap-and-trade program.

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/its-just-starting-inslee-champions-climate-initiatives-in-marysville/

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