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Inslee defends Climate Commitment Act and warns repeal would raise pollution, cut school funds
Summary
Governor Inslee told reporters that repealing the Climate Commitment Act or capital gains tax would ‘‘increase pollution’’ and remove funding for schools and other programs, urging voters to consider how rollbacks would affect utility relief, school air filtration and electric buses.
Governor Inslee used a post‑session press conference to directly counter criticism of the Climate Commitment Act and upcoming ballot initiatives seeking to roll back that law and the capital gains tax.
“If you remove that initiative, you increase pollution in the state of Washington,” the governor said, arguing the act caps pollution and supplies revenue used for schools, filtration systems, electric school buses and other benefits. “They want to destroy, not reform...…
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