Remember when former Washington Governor Jay Inslee promised the Climate Commitment Act (CCA) would cost just pennies?

Washington drivers have paid $4 billion more for gas since then. That’s nearly $700 per driver in our state for a climate program we can’t even prove is working.

The Climate Commitment Act was pitched as a cornerstone of Inslee’s climate legacy. Lawmakers called it essential to cut carbon emissions.

At the time, Inslee told KIRO Newsradio reporter Matt Markovich the cost would be minimal: “Pennies. We’re talking about pennies, potentially. Not all of this would be passed off to consumers, and what they would, would be pennies.”

The CCA went into effect in January 2023 with carbon auctions. Fuel companies buy carbon allowances, and they pass that cost straight to driv

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