A really great article by Ta’Leah Van Sistine in a recent issue of the Herald (“If Climate Commitment Act is repealed, what local projects are at risk,” The Herald, July 1).
Your reporter points out the ripple-down effect on over 90 environmental projects already in the works in Snohomish County if this initiative is passed into law by voters in November. One of the main concerns by critics is that the state’s Climate Commitment Act has increased the costs of food, gas and energy prices, inferring that elimination of the act will somehow reduce these costs, a very naive take on the reality which is that it wasn’t the act which increased those costs but the businesses and corporations which took advantage of covid and raised minimum wage standards which occurred almost simultaneously with the implementation of the act.
Doing away with the act would have the doubling-down effect of continuous global warming along “with” the higher cost of living; which will “not” go down if the act is repealed. Let’s get real folks; vote with your feet and don’t buy that which we can now not afford. Become better shoppers and support actions that are going to keep us alive. Vote no on I-2117!
Jim Bloss
Citizens Climate Lobby, Snohomish Chapter
Monroe
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