Panel Discussion – Carbon Initiative I-732

Panelists representing divergent views of the proposed Washington Carbon Tax referendum I-732 will make brief presentations and engage in a free public discussion at 7 p.m., Oct. 20, in PBS 101 (Walgreens Auditorium). I-732 is a voter initiative that will appear on the November ballot. The measure would place a carbon emission tax on the sale or use of certain fossil fuels and fossil fuel-generated electricity.

Sponsored by WSU’s Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service and the Howard D. and B. Phyllis Hoops Institute of Taxation Research and Policy, panelists will be Yoram Bauman, economist and founder of Yes on I-732, state Sen. Doug Ericksen, R-Ferndale, and Jeff Johnson, president of the Washington State Labor Council.

The panel also will present this talk at WSU Pullman earlier in the day.