The results of the Climate Commitment Act (CCA) Auction #11 were released today by the Washington State Department of Ecology. CCA Auction #11 generated an additional $296 million for climate and clean energy projects, plus another $150 million as consigned revenue...
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Countdown to Zero: Getting Ready for WAZIP at GTSE
Last week, Clean & Prosperous Institute (CPI) joined hundreds of transportation decarbonization leaders from across business, government, and community organizations at the annual Green Transportation Summit and Expo (GTSE). GTSE was a great reminder that...
Ambition, Innovation, and Collaboration: Lessons from Europe’s 20 Years of Carbon Markets
Throughout the summer, we’ve been sharing snippets from our Study Mission 5.0: Brussels and Beyond. This was our first study mission outside North America, and we went to Belgium and Iceland to learn from Europe’s 20 years of carbon markets. Our study mission fostered...
Deadline Approaching for Major Clean Energy Tax Credits
Last month, President Trump signed a law that dramatically rolls back climate and clean energy elements of the Inflation Reduction Act, including several sets of tax credits meant to increase the accessibility and affordability of clean energy technologies like solar...
Nominations Open for the David & Patricia Giuliani Clean Energy Entrepreneur Award
Clean & Prosperous Institute (CPI) is now accepting nominations for the David & Patricia Giuliani Clean Energy Entrepreneur Award! This award, which honors our organization’s late founder and his wife, recognizes businesses making meaningful advances in clean...
What the Truck Recap & Renewables Save the Day
On July 16, we joined our partners at Breaking Barriers Collaborative to host “What the Truck,” a webinar that dove into the details of how the most recent Washington state Legislative session significantly expanded opportunities for transportation decarbonization,...
Defeating I-2117 ➡️ Protecting Billions in Climate Commitment Act Investments
Last November, an unprecedented statewide coalition of 600 Tribal nations, businesses, labor unions, doctors and nurses, and community organizations came together to defeat Initiative 2117, which would have repealed the Climate Commitment Act (CCA). The landslide...
Press Release: 95% of WA Climate Commitment Act Raised Revenue Has Been Allocated Toward Community Projects
July 22, 2025 (Seattle, WA) - Clean & Prosperous Institute (CPI) announced it has updated Mapping Washington’s Climate Commitments to reflect the 2025 Legislative session. The map is the single most comprehensive resource that tracks where and how revenue from...
Learning About Carbon Management at the World’s Largest DAC Site
On the final day of our study mission, we toured the Climeworks Mammoth facility in Iceland, which is the largest direct air capture site in the world. Director Air Capture - or DAC - is a process by which carbon dioxide is removed directly from the atmosphere and is...
Learning from a Country Powered by Renewables
On day four and five of our study mission, our delegation traveled from Belgium to Reykjavík, Iceland to learn from a country run almost entirely on renewable energy! While it sounds hard to fathom, this is no exaggeration: 85 percent of Iceland’s primary energy...