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Collection: Cashing In Our Carbon

Map: The Future Is Carbon-Priced and the US is Getting Left Behind

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A little over a year ago, 195 countries signed on to the historic Paris Climate Accord to limit global warming pollution. This year, the United States pointed a loaded gun at its own foot, and President Trump pulled the trigger, announcing he will withdraw from the agreement. But the rest of the world is moving … Read more

Prioritizing Climate Justice in Oregon

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Climate hawks and social justice champions are joining forces to bring about a more prosperous and just future in Oregon. One way they could accomplish their goals is by making polluters pay for their pollution and investing the resulting revenue in creating more power, more economic opportunities, safer transportation options, and better health for historically … Read more

Why Oregon Needs the Healthy Climate Act

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Author’s note: Originally, the pie charts in this article included industrial electricity and natural gas use under the industrial sector. I have since updated the emissions and estimated allowance value pie charts to instead categorize emissions (and resulting allowance value) from industrial use of electricity and natural gas under the electricity and natural gas sectors.  In the … Read more

Event: Climate Change Progress in Corvallis

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Next week, Sightline senior researcher Kristin Eberhard will join climate leaders in Corvallis to discuss progress at the city and state levels in addressing climate change. The League of Women Voters of Corvallis and the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library will host this panel discussion, followed by an audience Q&A. What: Progress on Climate Change: What’s … Read more

Washington Can Make Polluters Pay without Boosting Highway Construction

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After last week’s article, readers may be worried that Washington’s Constitution, like Oregon’s, protects all revenue from taxes and fees on gasoline for the State Highway Fund. Washington’s State Constitution, like Oregon’s, does dedicate revenue from taxes and fees on motor vehicle fuels to highways, roads, and bridges. But unlike Oregon’s, Washington’s constitutional provision is … Read more

How Making Polluters Pay Could Fix Oregonians’ Local Potholes

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Oregon’s Constitution holds a rude surprise for climate crusaders: Article IX prevents the state from investing revenue from transportation sector polluters—nearly half the potential climate pollution revenue in Oregon—in solar panels, bikes, and buses. The constitution funnels pollution revenue exclusively into the Highway Fund. Using pollution revenue to build new highways that induce more driving, … Read more

What Paris Means for Cascadia

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One-hundred-ninety-five nations reached an agreement in Paris this month. Interestingly, the landmark international accord draws a big fat highlight (and maybe a circle and some stars in the margin) across the work that activists and leaders are doing in the Pacific Northwest: not just the work to keep fossil fuels in the ground and make … Read more

8 Great Things about the Alberta Climate Plan

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Author’s note: Unless otherwise indicated, all dollar amounts are in Canadian dollars. Back in May, voters in Canada’s most conservative province got fed up with 44 consecutive years of conservative rule and elected the New Democratic Party (NDP) (NDP is to the left of the Liberal Party that won the federal election in October). The new leadership wasted no … Read more

8 Takeaways from Oregon’s Global Warming Commission’s Report

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In its 2015 report, the Oregon Global Warming Commission offers the Oregon legislature a path towards transforming the state’s economy and meeting its statutory global warming pollution limits. Its scenario for meeting the state’s emissions limits looks like Thanksgiving dinner with all the fixin’s: a price on pollution, plus a package of complementary clean energy, energy efficiency, … Read more

Event: It’s Time to Put a Price on Pollution

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Join Sightline senior researcher Kristin Eberhard to learn what carbon pricing would mean for Washington and beyond. Washington has an opportunity to be a leader on carbon pricing and to create an effective model for other states to follow. Kristin will moderate the evening, with speakers from Climate Solutions, Carbon WA, and the Washington State Governor’s Office. Find out what it takes to move Washington towards a clean energy future.

This is part of a three-part series on climate risks sponsored by the City of Tacoma’s Office of Environmental Policy and Sustainability. The series focuses on what we can do to reduce our climate pollution and improve our local environment while preparing for change. Find out about the other events here.

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