The risk of repeal is real – and far-reaching

If you – like us – value clean air, clear water, and healthy farms, forests and fisheries, then you – like us – value the investments made possible by Washington’s Cap-and-Invest Climate Commitment Act (CCA). And you recognize the very real risk of losing the progress those investments are bringing to every corner of our economy, per this “Risk of Repeal” map from the Clean & Prosperous Institute:

“The Climate Commitment Act faces many challenges that could significantly weaken or fully repeal it, whether by Legislative or Executive action or at the ballot box,” said Kevin Tempest, the Institute’s Research Director.

Thanks to the CCA, polluters pay. Carbon market auction proceeds are funding nearly 1,700 projects across the state. Though this newsletter is too short to scroll through a description of each and every one of those projects, here are one-pagers produced by the Clean & Prosperous Institute that summarize what’s at risk of being defunded or deferred in various key sectors if the Cap-and-Invest CCA is repealed:

Click HERE to find a summary that covers Cap-and-Invest projects in your area of interest. Easily locate your county or project fact sheets on this interactive map.

If investments in our burgeoning clean economy are taken away, the downsides will reach across the state, and forward in time, affecting generations to come.