OLYMPIA, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – A diverse coalition of interest groups, tribes and corporations, including a global oil company with a refinery in Whatcom County, has been formed to defeat Initiative 2117.
If passed in November, the initiative would kill Washington state’s Climate Commitment Act and the carbon pollution pricing system it established.
The ‘No on 2117’ campaign said it has raised $11 million so far to defeat the measure.
The campaign claims more than 1,300 individual donations and endorsements from over 100 businesses and organizations, including BP America. BP’s Senior Government Affairs Manager Tom Wolf said in the group’s news release that his company supported passage of the landmark legislation and opposes the initiative that would end it.
The state’s high fuel prices are blamed in part on the Act’s carbon pricing system.
Initiative 2117 is one of six initiative campaigns funded by conservative hedge fund manager Brian Heywood that are aimed at undoing laws passed by Democrats in Olympia.
