The 2009 Legislative Session ended with a mixed bag on environmental bills. For the first time in years the environmentalists were on the defensive but this was due as much to the bad economy as anything else.
After Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said he wants to consider a mileage tax on motorists, the White House nixed the idea. The tax has been proposed in some states, but has angered many drivers.
The Washington State Legislature is now considering several bills that will require local governments to limit the amount of miles that citizens drive each year. They are doing it in the name of “Climate Change” but if that was true they would be focusing on vehicle emissions instead of miles drive...
At this time, the governor's ambitious cap-and-trade legislation is headed nowhere, which counts as a victory for the business climate, whatever you might think of its dubious merits as a climate change vehicle. Warren Cornwall has a good story on the politics in the Seattle Times.
As environmentalist now target homeowners and families, the question that more people are asking is just who is running the environmental movement in Washington State.
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