"The message: If the policy is wise, stay the course. The facts on the ground will soon change, generating the political support to validate your policy and prepare you for the next policy battle."
"Congestion pricing proponents have always known the odds. Taxes are unpopular, driving is a birthright and change is hard... both [London and Stockholm] showed that once traffic visibly lessened and transit improvements got underway, opinion flipped."
"The 2016 vote against Washington carbon pricing was a landslide: 59.3 percent no to 40.7 percent yes. The 2024 vote to keep the state's carbon pricing law was a landslide in the opposite direction: 62 percent to keep it and 38 to repeal it."
"Washington's innovative Climate Commitment Act requires fossil fuel companies to buy permits keyed to the carbon content of their fuels. The intent is to motivate industry and consumers to curb their carbon footprints."
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