All Stories
Webinar episode 4: What’s next for the Climate Commitment Act?
Recently we debuted the informational webinar, “Washington State’s Climate Commitment Act: A New Standard for Action”. In this third part, policy analyst Kevin Tempest of the Low Carbon Prosperity Institute explains the nuts and bolts of how the CCA works.
Webinar episode 3: How does the Climate Commitment Act Work?
Recently we debuted the informational webinar, “Washington State’s Climate Commitment Act: A New Standard for Action”. In this third part, policy analyst Kevin Tempest of the Low Carbon Prosperity Institute explains the nuts and bolts of how the CCA works.
Webinar episode 2: What’s the big deal with the Climate Commitment Act?
Last week we debuted the informational webinar, “Washington State’s Climate Commitment Act: A New Standard for Action”. This week we share the webinar in short pieces for easy viewing. In this second part, Paula Sardinas of the WA Build Back Black Alliance answers, what’s the big deal with the CCA, and how are environmental justice issues addressed?
Webinar episode 1: How did the Climate Commitment Act get done?
Last week we debuted the informational webinar, “Washington State’s Climate Commitment Act: A New Standard for Action”. This week we share the webinar in short pieces for easy viewing. In this first part, Senator Reuven Carlyle answers, what does the CCA do, and how did it get done?
Webinar: Washington State’s Climate Commitment Act: A New Standard for Climate Action
How can Washington address climate change? Why is now the time for action? Washington’s carbon emissions have grown 8% since 2012. We can’t wait. It’s time to implement an economy-boosting program to reduce emissions by enacting the Climate Commitment Act.
Climate Commitment Act Cost Estimate from Oil Industry Not Grounded in Reality
Recently WSPA retained a NERA Economic Associate Director to predict allowance prices, household costs, and energy-intensive sector output impacts for the Climate Commitment Act. No model should be treated as usefully predictive when it does not provide sufficient...
Technical Memo: The Climate Commitment Act delivers jobs and reduces pollution
Kevin Tempest, Clean & Prosperous Institute This technical memo presents modelled jobs and other benefits from investments through 2030 that could be catalyzed by revenue from Substitute Senate Bill 5126 (SB5126), the Climate Commitment Act. In this technical memo, I...
Part 2: Revisiting the Key Findings of an influential Carbon Trading and Environmental Equity Study – Additional Details
In Part 1, I revisited some of the key findings from the influential study by Lara Cushing and Rachel Morello-Frosch et al. (Carbon trading, co-pollutants, and environmental equity: Evidence from California’s cap-and-trade program (2011-2015)) In this Part 2, I...
Part 1: Revisiting the Key Findings of a California Carbon Market and Environmental Equity Study
Likely the most widely-cited and influential analysis of California’s pollution-equity trends in the first several years of its Cap-and-Invest program is a 2018 paper led by Lara Cushing and Rachel Morello-Frosch titled Carbon trading, co-pollutants, and environmental...