Articles & Media
Topic: Public Policy
What are the facts about the Climate Commitment Act?
As the Climate Commitment Act (CCA) moves to implementation, many Washingtonians have questions about what it does and how it works. Policy experts from our research team at the Low Carbon Prosperity Institute...
Climate Commitment Act Cost Estimate from Oil Industry Not Grounded in Reality
Recently WSPA retained a NERA Economic Associate Director to predict allowance prices, household costs, and energy-intensive sector output impacts for the Climate Commitment Act. No model should be treated as usefully predictive when it does...
Technical Memo: The Climate Commitment Act delivers jobs and reduces pollution
Kevin Tempest, Low Carbon Prosperity Institute
This technical memo presents modelled jobs and other benefits from investments through 2030 that could be catalyzed by revenue from Substitute Senate Bill 5126 (SB5126), the Climate Commitment Act. ...
Part 2: Revisiting the Key Findings of an influential Carbon Trading and Environmental Equity Study – Additional Details
In Part 1, I revisited some of the key findings from the influential study by Lara Cushing and Rachel Morello-Frosch et al. (Carbon trading, co-pollutants, and environmental equity: Evidence...
3rd Annual Future of Carbon Policy Forum
3rd Annual Future of Carbon Policy Forum
Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 3:00 PM – 5:15 PM PST
With the election results coming into focus, states will continue to be sources of leadership...