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Is it reasonable to be “unreasonably enthusiastic”?

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

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...

As prices settle down, will the rhetoric follow?

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...