WA conservative groups are banding together to dump carbon pricing

Project 42, a 3-year-old nonprofit working to “change the course of Washington state to prioritize free markets, personal liberty and an individual’s right to prosper,” has its fingerprints all over current conservative efforts, including the drive to kill Washington’s new cap-and-invest program.

Washington’s new initiative king Brian Heywood, who financed three anti-tax initiatives destined for the fall ballot, is a member of Project 42’s board. The other two initiatives brought by Heywood and Let’s Go Washington would repeal the state’s new capital gains tax and make the new long-term care insurance payroll tax optional.

But that’s just one line connecting the Redmond hedge fund manager, Project 42 and Washington conservative circles.

Heywood is linked to the Washington Policy Center, which provides research to oppose the cap-and-invest program. Project 42 is allied with a legal group involved in lawsuits challenging cap-and-invest. They are allied also with a news website that covers state government and cap-and-invest issues.

https://crosscut.com/environment/2024/05/wa-conservative-groups-are-banding-together-dump-carbon-pricing