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Hilary Franz to present award at Future of Carbon Policy Forum
Washington’s Commissioner of Public Lands, Hilary Franz, will present the second annual David & Patricia Giuliani Clean Energy Entrepreneur Award on January 5th, atop Seattle’s Columbia Tower. At last year’s forum, Franz described her plan to protect Washington’s...
The future of carbon policy is coming fast
Just last week, at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm announced the United States signed a global Memorandum of Understanding, a commitment to 30% zero-emission truck sales nationwide in 2030 and 100% in 2040. With this action, the...
5th Annual Future of Carbon Policy Forum
2023 PROMISES TO BE A PIVOTAL YEAR FOR CLIMATE ACTION IN WASHINGTON STATE The Climate Commitment Act (CCA) takes effect JANUARY 1st Washington’s legislative session convenes JANUARY 9th Cap-and-Invest allowance auctions begin in FEBRUARY FEATURINGHILARY FRANZ WA...
Chickens and eggs
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Philosophers (and farmers?) have pondered this question for many years. Now that question is applied to EVs and charging stations. The clean energy future imagines free-range EVs powered by a reliable infrastructure of...
Webinar recording: Navigating the Inflation Reduction Act
Earlier this week we hosted the webinar “Navigating the Inflation Reduction Act”. Featured speakers were Washington State Senator Christine Rolfes, Fortescue Future Industries Vice President Hilary Moffett, and Sam Ricketts from Evergreen Action. “Good and...
Call for Nominations
Governor Jay Inslee presented the first annual David & Patricia Giuliani Clean Energy Entrepreneur Award to Kenworth Truck Company in April. The next award will be presented at our upcoming Future of Carbon Policy Forum, and nominations are now open. The award,...
CPI Study Mission 2.0
California Study Mission 2.0What can WA learn from CA? We traveled south to find out. Leaders are learners Washington state is a climate action leader. And that’s good for Washington, as it positions us well to prosper in the burgeoning clean economy. But we’re not...
CPI Study Mission 2.0
California Study Mission 2.0What can WA learn from CA? We traveled south to find out. Leaders are learners Washington state is a climate action leader. And that’s good for Washington, as it positions us well to prosper in the burgeoning clean economy. But we’re not...
Carrots and sticks
To influence change, carrots (e.g., incentives and investments) and sticks (e.g., rules and fees) are useful. Both carrots and sticks are headlining the news. The Inflation Reduction Act signed by President Biden last month is full of carrots. These are just a few:...