This story is published as part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of news outlets strengthening coverage of the climate story. Every election year a handful of statewide ballot initiatives carry high stakes for the environment. In 2020 there were four major ones, including Colorado’s Proposition 114 requiring a plan for the reintroduction of gray wolves. There were even more in 2018, including battles in Nevada and Arizona over how much renewable energy to require from utilities, while Florida debated an offshore-drilling ban. This year the biggest story about environmental ballot initiatives is that there are only two. Cost…