Editor,
A year ago, Gov. Jay Inslee visited the Hockinson School district to celebrate its energy efficiency project, which was enabled by a $470,000 grant from Climate Commitment Act, tinyurl.com/HockinsonEfficientProjects. This project will reduce heating bills for the school district, reduce air pollution in Hockinson and save energy for Clark PUD.
Since then, the legislature increased funding for projects like this to $500 million because there are many other school districts that need funds for energy efficiency upgrades.
But those funds are at risk of being repealed by Initiative 2117.
I urge people to vote No on Initiative 2117 because we can’t afford to lose the benefits of the Climate Commitment Act,
Don Steinke
Vancouver
