Initiative-2117 is Dangerous to Your Health October 14, 2024
Ken Lans, MD, Washington PSR President | The Stranger
The initiative would repeal Washington’s Climate Commitment Act (CCA) and prohibit any policies involving carbon pricing in the future. In the service of a self-interested extremist, it dangerously and ridiculously halts and reverses important progress finally being made to combat air pollution and climate change. These dangers are fully detailed in a Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility (WPSR) report, ‘A Risk to our Health: An Analysis of the Threats to Health Posed by I-2117’.
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