If you care about high energy prices, fairness to low-income residents, honesty by governmental officials, and effective approaches to dealing with global warming, you should vote for Washington State Initiative 2117.

This initiative would repeal the Washington State Climate Commitment Act (CCA), which was approved by the Washington State legislature in 2021.    This act requires businesses with emissions exceeding 25,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year to purchase allowances, which increases the cost of gasoline, natural gas, and other energy sources dependent on fossil fuels.  

According to the best estimates of its impacts, this act has raised the price of gasoline by approximately 50 cents per gallon.  A few months after the CCA went into effect, Washington State had the most expensive prices at the pump in the nation, while today we are number two to California, which also has such a tax (price per gallon is shown below, yellows are the highest prices).

The CCA also made natural gas more expensive, substantially raising the cost of heating, and since most items are moved by truck, it raised the prices of food and other necessities.