Climate change ballot initiatives get cool reception from voters - Washington Times

Climate change ballot initiatives get cool reception from voters - Washington Times:

Global warming met with a cool reception from voters Tuesday as ballot initiatives targeting fossil fuels went down to defeat in several Western states, defying environmental groups who are raising alarms about catastrophic climate change.
Voters rejected a near-ban on hydraulic fracturing in Colorado, a tripling of the renewable-energy standard in Arizona, and a landmark tax on carbon emissions in Washington, underscoring the climate movement’s difficulty in convincing voters that costly government policies are needed to save the planet.
“What we learned from this election, in states like Colorado, Arizona and Washington, is that voters reject policies that would make energy more expensive and less reliable to them, their families, and the larger economy,” said American Energy Alliance President Thomas J. Pyle.