Our Mission:
To accelerate the transition to a clean economy with prosperity for all
Clean & Prosperous Washington is a team of business leaders working along with labor, tribes, environmental organizations, and social justice advocates to enact and implement smart climate policies in Washington state. We inform approaches to drive down greenhouse gas emissions, improve health and job outcomes, propel a stronger, more globally-competitive economy, and serve as a beacon of best-in-the-nation climate action for other states to emulate.
The CaPWA coalition proved effective in helping the cap-and-invest Climate Commitment Act win passage in Olympia, and is now actively helping to implement the CCA as the cornerstone of an entire suite of environmental laws including the Clean Fuel Standard and the HEAL Act – Healthy Environmental for All. CaPWA brings an action-oriented, data-driven, strategic business approach to moving public- and private-sector climate work forward with urgency.
Breaking News
CaPWA: 2ND CCA AUCTION RAISES REVENUE FOR STATEWIDE CLIMATE PROGRAMS
Seattle Times: WA’s second greenhouse-gas-allowance auction raises over $500M
The Climate Commitment Act in the news:
Seattle Times: WA budgets $2B to cut greenhouse gas emissions; here’s where money will go – Clean & Prosperous Washington
CaPWA: LANDMARK CLIMATE INVESTMENTS PASS LEGISLATURE – Clean & Prosperous Washington
KCPQ-FOX: WA greenhouse gas allowance auction raises estimated $300M – Clean & Prosperous Washington
CaPWA: Washington state’s first-ever auction of carbon allowances has generated $300M to invest in our transition to a clean energy economy
Overwhelming support from a broad-based coalition accelerates climate action in Washington state
Environmental groups. Energy companies. Local employers. Equity advocates. These voices and many more agree: The Climate Commitment Act (SB 5126) is exactly what Washington needs right now. Passage of this legislation was a huge start toward reducing statewide emissions equitably, and in a way that will boost our economy at this crucial moment.
The Climate Commitment Act (CCA): How it Works





























Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakama Nation
Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe
Puyallup Tribe of Indians
Quinault Indian Nation
Sauk-Suiattle Tribe
Snoqualmie Indian Tribe
Squaxin Island Tribe
Tulalip Tribes
36th District Environmental Caucus
43rd District Democrats Environmental Caucus
African American Community Cultural & Educational Society
AFSCME Council 28
Allumia
American Institute of Architects WA Council
AMPLY Power
Appropriate Technology Group
Audubon Washington
Biotechnology Innovation Organization
bp
Byrd Barr Place
Cascadia Climate Action
Cascadia Policy Solutions
Cedar Grove
Certified Electrical Workers of Washington (IBEW)
ChargePoint
Citizen's Climate Lobby
Clean Fuel Washington
Climate Solutions
Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas
Counterpointe Sports Group
Cyan Strategies
Earth Up
Eco Consulting LLC
Ecotope Inc.
Environmental Defense Fund
Evergreen Carbon
EVgo
Fieldwork Communications
FLO
FMS Global Strategies, LLC
Forterra
Fuse Washington
Gen Tech Global
Global Ocean Health/NFCC
Horizon House Environment Committee
IBEW
Indivisible Bainbridge Island
Indivisible Eastside
Indivisible Skagit
Indivisible Vashon
Indivisible Whidbey
International Union of Painters & Allied Trades (IUPAT)
John L Scott Des Moines
League of Women Voters of Washington
Low Carbon Prosperity Institute
MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions
Madrona Institute
Mahoney Environmental
McKinstry
MDC - Metropolitan Development Council
Methow Valley Citizens Council Action Fund
Microsoft
Mithun
National Fisheries Conservation Center
Neste
Northwest Energy Efficiency Council
NW Seaport Alliance
Office of Governor Jay Inslee
Olympia Indivisible
Pacific EV Solutions
Pacific Mobility Group
Pacific North Westy
Pearl Jam
People for Climate Action
Puget Sound Energy
Puget Sound Partnership
Puget Sound Solar
Rain Spirit Farm
Rainier Audubon Society
REI Co-op
Renewable Energy Group
Renewable Hydrogen Alliance
Renewable Northwest
Republic Services
Rick Steves Europe
Scoville Public Relations
Seattle City Light
SEIU 775
SEIU 925
SEIU Healthcare 1199NW
Sheet Metal Workers Local 66
Shell
Snohomish County Indivisible
Sphere Solar Energy
SRECTrade
STAY COOL for Grandkids
Stemtac Foundation
Strategic Harmony Partners
Sustainable Business Consulting
Tabor 100
Tacoma Pierce County Black Collective
Taylor Shellfish Farms
The Breakfast Group
The Caspian Group LLC
The Climate Reality Project - Washington State Coalition
The Jia Group, LLC
The Keller Group
The Nature Conservancy in Washington
The WA Black Lives Matter Alliance
UMC, Inc.
Volt Athletics
WA Build Back Black Alliance
WA Federation of State Employees/AFSCME
Wallingford Indivisible
Washington Conservation Voters
Washington Environmental Council
Washington Indivisible Network
Washington Public Ports Association
Water Street Public Affairs
Women of Wisdom
Working Group on Seafood and Energy
WOW Tri-Cities
Leonard Forsman, President, Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians
Fawn Sharp, President, National Congress of American Indians
Howard Behar, Co-founder, Washington Business Alliance
Lynn Behar, Advisory Board Chair, Cancer Lifeline
Jabe Blumenthal, Co-founder, Washington Progress Alliance
David Giuliani, Founder, Clean & Prosperous Washington
Denis Hayes, Emeritus Chair, Earthday.org
Sally Jewell, 2013-17 US Secretary of the Interior
Chris Stolte, Stolte Family Foundation
Menno van Wyk, Founder & CEO Emeritus, Montrail
Organizations listed for identification purposes only.
Phoebe Barnard
Jeff Berner
Sharon Burke
Andrea Caupain Sanderson
Nancy DeVaux
Claudia Ellsworth
Chaune Fitzgerald
Martin Neil Gibbins
Dan Giuliani
Alice D Gray
Colleen Groll
Bonnie Hemphill
Mark Lancaster
Chana Lawson
Ali Lee
Mary K Manous
Nate Miles
Matthew Randazzo V
Randy Rotter
Paula Sardinas
Katherine TeKolste
Edwin Wanji
News and insights
Seattle Times: WA’s second greenhouse-gas-allowance auction raises over $500M
Washington’s second auction of greenhouse-gas pollution allowances last week raised more than half a billion dollars. The Department of Ecology announced Wednesday it had sold almost 8.6 million...
Press Release: 2ND CCA AUCTION RAISES REVENUE FOR STATEWIDE CLIMATE PROGRAMS
The landmark Cap-and-Invest Climate Commitment Act (CCA), which officially became law in January of this year, held its second quarterly “emissions allowance auction,” on May 31 with revenues...
The road ahead for clean trucks
Trucks and buses represent just 10% of vehicles on Washington’s roads and highways, but are responsible for 30% of the state’s on-road GHG emissions, and disproportionately contribute to low air...
New policies to power a cleaner WA
The Washington state legislature wrapped up its 2023 session with an historic $2 billion in clean energy investments. This includes unprecedented support for accelerating medium- and heavy-duty...
A $2B boost for WA’s clean energy economy
Washington state leads the nation with the best state economy, per WalletHub. And we’re near the top of the list in per capita Gross Domestic Product by state: Our economy is built on innovation,...
Seattle Times: WA budgets $2B to cut greenhouse gas emissions; here’s where money will go
Washington lawmakers budgeted about $2 billion to boost the adoption of electric bikes, cars and heat pumps, build solar power projects, turn cow poop into energy, and fund other efforts related to...