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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...
Seattle Met: Broad Strokes – David Giuliani revolutionized more than just oral hygiene.
IF IT WEREN’T FOR DAVID GIULIANI’s bout with periodontal disease in the 1980s, we might still be stuck with only one way to scrub our pearly whites. Instead that buildup of plaque inspired Giuliani, an electrical engineer, to fashion a superior...
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,...
Newsletter: Port Commissioner Fred Felleman: Building the Blue and Green Economy
The Port of Seattle is uniquely positioned to address climate change while growing our Northwest economy. As the manager of the region’s largest airport and managing member of the Northwest Seaport Alliance, which operates the nation’s fifth...
KUOW: The future of renewable energy may lie in organic waste
There are lots of renewable energy forms out there: solar, wind, hydro, and nuclear, for instance. But Snohomish County is investing in something different — a kind of renewable energy you may not have heard of before. Read more...Clean &...
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...
Remembering Terry Williams
The Tulalip Tribe, Washington state, and the larger climate community lost a powerhouse leader and much-loved friend in Terry Williams this week. HE’S ONE OF THE ANCESTORS NOW Terrance Rollo Williams left this world at age 74 on July 19th,...
Silicon Valley to amp up WA’s economy
Lesson # 5: It’s all about the batteries 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 briefings and site tours...
We saw the future inside Tesla’s CA factory
Lesson # 4: Incentives are electric Clean & Prosperous Institute led our second study mission to California last month. We learned so much from briefings and site tours, we want to continue sharing highlights with you here. (If you missed...
California lessons, continued
Lesson # 3: Public investments attract private investments As Washington state builds a cleaner, more competitive economy, what is the role of private investment and what is the role of public investment? Many believe that states can boost business...
More lessons from California
Lesson # 2: Medium and Heavy Duty Trucks and Buses - A big opportunity to improve air quality and reduce fossil fuel reliance, especially in overburdened communities that are hardest hit. In late June, Clean & Prosperous Institute led our...
What we learned in California
Lesson # 1: Dairies Drive Decarbonization From Sacramento to San Francisco and the Silicon Valley, this year’s California Study Mission 2.0 featured a stunning array of informative sessions and insider tours to learn what California is doing to...
A Marshall Plan for Middle America
As a leader among states transitioning to a clean economy, Washington state can learn lessons and discover ideas from other states. Last week, Clean & Prosperous Institute organized a delegation of 45 key climate stakeholders on a visit to...
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