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You know the value of fresh air. You understand the importance of a clean economy. And you see how well the Cap-and-Invest Climate Commitment Act is working to cap emissions and invest in our thriving economy. So you want to defend the CCA and promote the projects it...
King 5: Group launches site mapping projects funded by Climate Commitment Act
SEATTLE — The Clean & Prosperous Institute (CPI), a group that works with government agencies and the private sector on behalf of measures meant to address climate change and reduce carbon, launched an interactive map Thursday it said details projects paid for by...
Explore this Treasure Map
Did you know? Cap-and-Invest carbon pollution funds are constructing new ferries for Puget Sound Cap-and-Invest carbon pollution funds are building dairy digesters near Pullman for the Knott Dairy Center’s “Cougar Gold” cows Cap-and-Invest carbon pollution funds are...
Press Release: NEW ONLINE TOOL MAPS STATEWIDE CLIMATE COMMITMENT ACT INVESTMENTS
Seattle, WA [May 30, 2024] - Clean & Prosperous Institute unveiled its latest initiative: The Risk of Repeal mapping tool, an online resource to track the more than 1,000 projects already funded by the Climate Commitment Act.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact:Lee...
Is it reasonable to be “unreasonably enthusiastic”?
When Governor Jay Inslee spoke at the Clean & Prosperous Institute’s Future of Carbon Policy Forum, he expressed his “unreasonable enthusiasm” for our state’s growing clean energy economy. He also spoke enthusiastically about the state’s “business leaders who...
Truth or Consequences
The traditional spring ramp-up in gasoline prices is underway, providing context for understanding why persistent claims of large gasoline price impacts from the Climate Commitment Act are misleading. Gas prices are going up (as they always do this time of year) while...
The Real World: Climate Commitment Act and Gas Prices
The traditional spring ramp-up in gasoline prices is underway, providing context for understanding why persistent claims of large gasoline price impacts from the Climate Commitment Act are misleading. Gas prices are going up as they always do this time of year, after...
As prices settle down, will the rhetoric follow?
Much has been made of the “high” auction costs of carbon allowances under the Climate Commitment Act during the first year of operations. Opponents of the CCA have reacted to auction settlement prices as a reason to amend or repeal the program. Early peaks in new...
Press Release: CONFERENCE TOUTS CCA’S ONE YEAR SUCCESSES
(Seattle, WA) January 5, 2024– With only three days to go before the start of the 2024 legislative session in Olympia, the sold-out sixth annual Future of Carbon Policy Forum gathered leading businesses, regulators, tribes, environmental justice advocates and others...