Test-run initiative language
Our test-run initiative (I-1271, full text here) has now received a ballot title and summary, which are the items that appear on the ballot. (The [...]
In the news
U.S. voters favor carbon tax by 4-to-1 margin (Friends of the Earth poll) Washington State Ferries (WSF) is exploring an option to use liquefied natural [...]
WA carbon tax legislation: 1st draft
Here's the bill draft in both PDF and Word. And here's the Letter of Recommendation with comments and suggested edits from the Code Revisers Office. [...]
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Op-ed: Legislature must invest to keep Washington state competitive. By Eric Schinfeld and Sam Kaplan Officials contemplating raising fuel taxes, fees for roads, Metro Beate [...]
Seattle Times carbon tax op-ed
Linked here. Comments welcome!
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A Place Comfortable With Boeing, Anarchists and ‘Frasier’: Museum of History & Industry Reopens in Seattle Carbon Taxes Make Ireland Even Greener. See also California [...]
Tyndall’s “solar heat” quote: a definitive citation
I came across (at the 14 minute mark of this lecture) a quote attributed to 19th century physicist John Tyndall: [T]he atmosphere admits of the [...]
Carbon tax update
A busy few days: A great article in the Whitman College newspaper by student Sam Chapman. And David Frum on CNN.com. And Sightline's Anna Fahey [...]
Why connect a carbon tax to transportation infrastructure maintenance?
First, transportation accounts for about 50% of fossil fuel CO2 in Washington State; so it makes sense to direct 50% of carbon tax revenue to [...]
Thoughts on the Wallace/Inglis/Myers panel
Last night I moderated a panel at SPU with UW climate scientist Mike Wallace, Washington Policy Center environment director Todd Myers, and Bob Inglis, formerly [...]