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The Clean & Prosperous Institute Made in Washington Study Mission is rolling through Washington’s Inland Empire with delegates from businesses, governments and nonprofits. On the bus are regulators and regulated parties. Americans and Canadians. Democrats and...

Cap-and-invest = cap-and-ignite. The CCA Jobs & Economic Benefits Report from Greenline Insights is a deep analysis of the projected impact Washington state’s Climate Commitment Act (CCA) will have on our state’s economy, and it shows: The CCA is projected to...

SPOKANE, Wash. [Sept. 18, 2024] — An economic analysis of Washington’s Climate Commitment Act (CCA)—our state’s cornerstone climate law—was released today by Greenline Insights and Clean & Prosperous Institute and finds the CCA has the potential to create over...

Results show that the Cap-and-Invest Climate Commitment Act continues to work for Washington families and businesses. Allowances sold out, showing continued strong demand. The settlement price, just under $30 per metric ton and nearly identical to the previous...

Is there any investment more important than the health, safety, and well-being of our students? Come “back to school” with us (on Zoom), this Friday, September 13 at noon to learn how the Cap-and-Invest Climate Commitment Act is funding safer access to schools,...

Come “back to school” with us (on Zoom), Friday, September 13 at noon to learn how the Cap-and-Invest Climate Commitment Act is funding safer access to schools, improved classroom experiences, and innovative university research.According to our continued tracking of...

What’s being funded by the Cap-and-Invest Climate Commitment Act? And which of those nearly 1,700 projects are at risk if the pollution-capping, community-investing program is repealed? This searchable Risk of Repeal map and associated database is now freshly updated...

Seattle, WA [August 14, 2024] Clean & Prosperous Institute has updated the The Risk of Repeal mapping tool to add more than 500 new projects, totalling $450 million, increasing the on-the-ground Climate Commitment Act investments which exist in all 39 Washington...

The new “Risk of Repeal: Mapping Washington’s Climate Commitments” map from the Clean & Prosperous Institute is the definitive source for identifying investments across the state that are funded by revenues from the Cap-and-Invest Climate Commitment Act. Yesterday...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...