Tag: carbon tax

By John Stang, Originally published by Crosscut Gov. Jay Inslee is putting a cap-and-trade system and a carbon tax into play as ways to tackle the fallout from global warming in Washington. Those are the two propositions that an Inslee-appointed carbon emissions advisory task force will begin studying today, according to a document posted on the governor’s […]

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A surprising but frustrating obstacle to carbon tax progress has been opinion polling. It took years for pollsters to even ask about a carbon tax rather than (or in addition to) cap-and-trade proposals. Even when that changed, little or no context was provided about possible uses of the revenues. Asking “do you support a carbon […]

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By Patrick Mazza, Seattle Crosscut After months of quiet conversations between leaders in Washington state government, environmental NGOs and other key climate-related interests to shape a climate policy proposal, the deal is now on the public table. Gov. Jay Inslee will pursue a carbon cap-and-trade program in the state Legislature next year, with specific details to […]

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Commentary by Alan Durning and Yoram Bauman, Originally published by Sightline Daily When British Columbia enacted a carbon tax shift in 2008, many thought other jurisdictions would follow soon with their own ways of cashing in their carbon. Seven states and four provinces were working out the details of a huge carbon cap-and-trade market called the Western […]

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By John Upton, Originally published by GRIST How do you turn $1 billion into $2 billion, all the while helping to slow down global warming? By capping carbon dioxide pollution and charging for emissions permits, then plowing the revenues into clean energy and energy-efficiency programs. The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a carbon-trading program that covers nine Northeast and Mid-Atlantic […]

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Thanks to all who were able to attend our first meeting and discuss carbon pricing policy.  I was very pleased with the active participation and thought we did a good job of surfacing the pros and cons, as well as identifying other approaches to reducing carbon—and boosting the cleantech sector. The arguments in favor of […]

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To view the letter click here. To read the full report click here. SUMMARY Recommended Policies: Incentivize hydroelectric power generation Replace fossils fuels with nuclear generation Promote research and development (R&D) for new technologies Encourage conservation under the Energy Independence Act (I-937) Allow renewable energy credit banking under I-937 Modify fuel mix reporting system Proposals […]

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Governor Inslee, Senator Ranker and Representative Fitzgibbon put forth the following recommendations. Click for the full report. SUMMARY 1. Proposed Actions to Meet Washington’s Carbon Pollution Statutory Limits To meet the statutory charge, we propose the following five programs be developed and implemented in Washington: 1) A cap on carbon pollution emissions should be established. It should […]

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By Benjamin Romano, Originally published on Xconomy Washington Gov. Jay Inslee got Republicans and Democrats to talk in 2013 about proposals to meet the state’s carbon emissions reduction goals. Expect more talk, but little action in 2014. Olympia watchers do see prospects for movement on a few smaller issues important to the Washington clean technology […]

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