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The future is precious
The future of Washington state is bouncing on the seats, playing “jello”, and raising decibel levels inside school buses every day. And soon, more of them will be doing that inside clean, electric school buses thanks to funding from the...
Chickens and eggs
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Philosophers (and farmers?) have pondered this question for many years. Now that question is applied to EVs and charging stations. The clean energy future imagines free-range EVs powered by a reliable...
Webinar recording: Navigating the Inflation Reduction Act
Earlier this week we hosted the webinar “Navigating the Inflation Reduction Act”. Featured speakers were Washington State Senator Christine Rolfes, Fortescue Future Industries Vice President Hilary Moffett, and Sam Ricketts from Evergreen Action....
Hear Senator Rolfes on “Navigating the Inflation Reduction Act” this Wednesday
Do you want to maximize opportunities offered by the Inflation Reduction Act? Join us this Wednesday at 12:00pm for our latest webinar, “Navigating the Inflation Reduction Act” featuring Washington State Senator Christine Rolfes, Fortescue Future...
Get an insider’s view of the Inflation Reduction Act
Join us Wednesday for our webinar, “Navigating the Inflation Reduction Act”. Featured speakers include Washington State Senator Christine Rolfes, Fortescue Future Industries Vice President Hilary Moffett, and Sam Ricketts from Evergreen Action....
Don’t miss our “Navigating the Inflation Reduction Act” webinar
Got FOMO*? Don’t miss out on the economic growth that the coming energy transition (and the IRA) will bring about. From the newsletter, The Weekly Planet (by The Atlantic): Late last month, analysts at the investment bank Credit Suisse published a...
It’s almost game time!
With a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Seattle Mariners head to the playoffs for the first time in 21 years. GO M’s! And just as the Mariners have hit a milestone, Washington state reached a major climate action milestone...
Register today for “Navigating the Inflation Reduction Act” webinar
In this GreenBiz piece about the Inflation Reduction Act, Terry F. Yosie writes: “As documented by economist Mariana Mazzucato ("The Entrepreneurial State") and others, the United States has practiced industrial policy on a grand scale throughout...
Webinar: Navigating the Inflation Reduction Act
$369,000,000,000. And that’s just the Inflation Reduction Act. Clean energy funds are also available from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act and many other federal and state programs. How can Washington businesses and communities leverage...
Cap-and-Invest rules finalized
Washington state reached a major climate action milestone today as the Department of Ecology announced it has finalized Cap-and-Invest regulations: Washington finalizes historic cap-and-invest plan to slash carbon pollution This program will go...
Call for Nominations
Governor Jay Inslee presented the first annual David & Patricia Giuliani Clean Energy Entrepreneur Award to Kenworth Truck Company in April. The next award will be presented at our upcoming Future of Carbon Policy Forum, and nominations are now...
CPI Study Mission 2.0
California Study Mission 2.0What can WA learn from CA? We traveled south to find out. Leaders are learners Washington state is a climate action leader. And that’s good for Washington, as it positions us well to prosper in the burgeoning clean...
Carrots and sticks
To influence change, carrots (e.g., incentives and investments) and sticks (e.g., rules and fees) are useful. Both carrots and sticks are headlining the news. The Inflation Reduction Act signed by President Biden last month is full of carrots....
“If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together”
If your organization is ready, willing, and able to advance climate action for the good of your business and the good of all stakeholders, but you just aren’t sure where to begin, you’re not alone. The results of in-depth interviews with leaders...
Newsletter: Port Commissioner Fred Felleman: Building the Blue and Green Economy
Building the Blue and Green Economy California launched its cap and invest program nine years ago. In order to learn from its experience I joined a delegation of elected officials, subject matter experts, and industry leaders to get a firsthand...
KUOW: The future of renewable energy may lie in organic waste
The future of renewable energy may lie in organic waste "Recently the nonprofit, Clean and Prosperous Washington reports that CA has fount that its support for dairy digesters has produced the most cost-effective green house gas reductions in the...
“The number one thing we can do is the exact thing that we’re not doing”
Joel Makower, chairman of GreenBiz Group, studied the findings of several opinion polls. Spoiler alert: What he found was sobering. Despite decades of education and activism, not to mention recent scientific reports and extreme weather events,...
Delivering a clean economy
Have you seen one of those Rivian electric vans making Amazon deliveries in your neighborhood? Last month Amazon deployed the first of what will be 100,000 Rivian vans as it aims for a 100% zero-emissions fleet.Not to be left in the dust, Fedex is...
Can we replace gasoline with hydrogen as a transportation fuel?
Lesson # 7 Hydrogen fueling stations are on the rise in California Clean & Prosperous Institute led our second study mission to California last month, which took us from Sacramento to San Francisco to Silicon Valley. We learned so much from...
California’s Companies are Thriving in a Low-Carbon Economy
Lesson # 6: Clean fuels are cleaning CA’s air Clean & Prosperous Institute led our second study mission to California earlier this summer, which took us from Sacramento to San Francisco to Silicon Valley. We learned so much from briefings and...
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