No on 2117 (no2117.com), the campaign to defeat Initiative 2117 (I-2117), on August 19 announced that its unprecedented statewide coalition of firefighters, small businesses, Tribal Nations, doctors and public health leaders, labor unions, and environmental groups has grown to over 400 members. Since its public launch in April 2024, the coalition has grown from over 100 to over 400 organizations and Tribal Nations who oppose I-2117.
Initiative 2117 would prohibit carbon tax credit trading and repeal provisions of the 2021 Washington Climate Commitment Act (CCA), a state law that provided for a cap-and-invest program intended to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 95% by 2050.
The organization claims that I-2117 would devastate Washington’s transportation and infrastructure programs by taking away billions in funding, jeopardizing efforts to fix roads and bridges and reduce traffic congestion. It would threaten our clean water, mean more toxic air pollution and wildfires, and result in more kids and adults with asthma and illness.
“We are building an unprecedented coalition and grassroots movement to defeat I-2117. Alongside our 400 coalition partners, we’re launching a massive statewide grassroots organizing effort to defeat the purposely misleading Initiative 2117, which is opposed by firefighters, small business owners, doctors, Tribal Nations and more because it would threaten our health, and make traffic worse,” said Wellesley Daniels, Campaign Manager, No on 2117.
Organizations recently endorsing No on 2117 include: Central Washington Building & Construction Trades; Columbia Riverkeeper; Living Well Kent, a nonprofit wellness hub for King County residents; Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe; Cement Masons & Plasterers Local 528; Seattle Parks Foundation; Swinomish Indian Tribal Community; Taylor Shellfish; Washington Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics; Washington State Nurses Association. The full list of organizations endorsing No on 2117 is available here.
No on 2117 continues to grow its organizing power across Washington state with summer Weekends of Action. Over the first weekend, the campaign organized more than 300 volunteer shifts and reached an estimated 17,000 voters across Washington state. To-date, No on 2117 has conducted direct voter outreach in 37 Washington cities.
By The Numbers: The Campaign to Defeat I-2117
- Over 400: Number of Washington organizations endorsing No on 2117
- Over 850: Number of volunteers working across Washington to defeat I-2117
- Over $12.9M: Amount raised or pledged to defeat I-2117
- Over 4,600: Number of grassroots donations to No on 2117
- 94: Percent of No on 2117 donors contributing $100 or less
SOURCE: No on 2117 Committee press release with additions by the Lynnwood Times
