We’ve updated Mapping Washington’s Climate Commitments, which is the single most comprehensive, accessible resource to track investments from Washington’s nation-leading cap-and-invest program. This update includes 255 new projects and $123 million more in authorized...
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Talking Carbon Markets with International Partners
Washington state continues to show its impact on the international stage! Alongside the Washington State Department of Ecology, we joined the International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP) podcast “Carbon Market Conversations” this week to discuss our state’s...
From Cornfields to Car Batteries: Celebrating Sila’s New Plant in Moses Lake
This week, we had the pleasure of attending the grand opening and start of operations of Sila Moses Lake. This new manufacturing plant will produce 50 percent more efficient batteries, which will help build climate and economic resiliency, make electric vehicles and...
CCA Auction #11 Generates Nearly $300M for Clean Air & Clean Transportation
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...
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...