Gas prices, climate change, and the biggest ballot initiative of the year
Do you know what's going to be on your ballot this November? Sound Politics is here to help.
Today: Sound Politics host Libby Denkmann and special guest Jeanie Lindsay are diving deep into the wonky world of carbon auctions, gas prices, and climate change legislation as we explain Initiative 2117.
If passed, it would end the state’s carbon auctions that are the key part of the Climate Commitment Act. We'll dig into the arguments for and against the Initiative, who's funding both sides of the debate, and more
Plus: did you know know there was another governor's race debate this weekend We'll catch you up on that too.
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Sound Politics is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network. Our editor is Catharine Smith. Our producer is Sarah Leibovitz. Our hosts are Libby Denkmann and Scott Greenstone.
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Libby Denkmann
Host, Soundside
Libby Denkmann joined KUOW in December 2021 as the host of the midday show Soundside. She’s a native Pacific Northwesterner who grew up in Redmond, graduated from the University of Washington, and covered local news as a producer and reporter with KIRO Radio.
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Jeanie Lindsay
State Government Reporter
Jeanie Lindsay is a radio reporter based in Olympia who covers the state government beat for the Northwest News Network, the Pacific Northwest's regional collaboration of NPR stations.
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Catharine Smith
Editor
Catharine Smith is an editor at KUOW focusing on politics, policing, environment and investigations.
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Sarah Leibovitz
Supervising Producer, Soundside
Sarah joined KUOW in 2019 as senior producer on The Record. She is now Supervising KUOW’s new noon time show, Soundside. Prior to working at KUOW, Sarah was lead producer at the Seattle podcast production company Larj Media, and a teaching artist with Path with Art.
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