All Stories
Award finalist: Modern Electron
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 the Future of Carbon Policy Forum.The award, named after our...
Award finalist: Group14 Technologies
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 the Future of Carbon Policy Forum.The award, named after our...
Award finalist: All-American Marine
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 the Future of Carbon Policy Forum.The award, named after our...
Join Rep. Beth Doglio at Future of Carbon Policy Forum
Washington State Representative-elect Beth Doglio will be a speaker and panelist at our January 5th Future of Carbon Policy Forum. Rep. Doglio was the founding Executive Director of Washington Conservation Voters, and brings deep policy expertise to her incoming role...
Join Rep. Mary Dye at Future of Carbon Policy Forum
Washington State Representative Mary Dye (WA-9) will be a speaker and panelist at our January 5th Future of Carbon Policy Forum. Rep. Dye is a wheat farmer from Pomeroy, and brings her agricultural expertise and the viewpoint of her rural community to the debates and...
What’s the best way to reach the Inflection Point?
“To Meet ZEV Inflection Point, Infrastructure Investment Must Match Policy Goals”, writes Advanced Clean Tech News: As governments worldwide turn to zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) to decarbonize their economies, the concept of the inflection point — at which consumer...
Join Sen. Nguyen at Future of Carbon Policy Forum
When the Washington State Senate convenes on January 9th, Senator Joe Nguyen will be sworn in as the new Chair of the Environment, Energy, and Technology Committee. Four days prior, when we convene the Future of Carbon Policy Forum, Senator Nguyen will be welcomed as...
Attention Fleet Managers
Want to decarbonize your business’s fleet, but not sure where to start? Join a free webinar about the Fleet Decarbonization Accelerator, hosted by the Breaking Barriers Collaborative on Tuesday, December 13 at noon. Learn about how you can receive hours of 1:1...
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:...
“If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together”
If your organization is ready, willing, and able to advance climate action for the good of your business and the good of all stakeholders, but you just aren’t sure where to begin, you’re not alone. The results of in-depth interviews with leaders from 30 businesses and...
Can we replace gasoline with hydrogen as a transportation fuel?
Lesson # 7 Hydrogen fueling stations are on the rise in California Clean & Prosperous Institute led our second study mission to California last month, which took us from Sacramento to San Francisco to Silicon Valley. We learned so much from briefings and site...
California’s Companies are Thriving in a Low-Carbon Economy
Lesson # 6: Clean fuels are cleaning CA’s air Clean & Prosperous Institute led our second study mission to California earlier this summer, which took us from Sacramento to San Francisco to Silicon Valley. We learned so much from briefings and site tours that we...
Silicon Valley to amp up WA’s economy
Lesson # 5: It’s all about the batteries Clean & Prosperous Institute led our second study mission to California last month, which took us from Sacramento to San Francisco to Silicon Valley. We learned so much from briefings and site tours that we want to...
We saw the future inside Tesla’s CA factory
Lesson # 4: Incentives are electric Clean & Prosperous Institute led our second study mission to California last month. We learned so much from briefings and site tours, we want to continue sharing highlights with you here. (If you missed Lesson #1, about dairy...
California lessons, continued
Lesson # 3: Public investments attract private investments As Washington state builds a cleaner, more competitive economy, what is the role of private investment and what is the role of public investment? Many believe that states can boost business by investing public...
More lessons from California
Lesson # 2: Medium and Heavy Duty Trucks and Buses - A big opportunity to improve air quality and reduce fossil fuel reliance, especially in overburdened communities that are hardest hit. In late June, Clean & Prosperous Institute led our second study mission to...