250+ New Projects on Mapping WA’s Climate Commitments

We’ve updated Mapping Washington’s Climate Commitments, which is the single most comprehensive, accessible resource to track investments from Washington’s nation-leading cap-and-invest program. This update includes 255 new projects and $123 million more in authorized investments, bringing the total to 3,000 mapped projects and $4.77 BILLION in existing and planned spending.

Here are some highlights from our most recent map update:

Nearly $25 million to help 31 school districts across Washington transition from diesel to electric school buses. Electric school buses are quieter, significantly improve air quality, and cut pollution for students, drivers, and the communities along bus routes.
A $6.2 million program with the Northwest Seaport Alliance and Zeem Solutions to bring 19 zero-emission drayage trucks and charging infrastructure to the Puget Sound region. The Zeem Solutions charging site will be able to serve 250 medium- and heavy-duty vehicles per day, and will allow approximately 70 trucks to park overnight.
A $10 million grant to Avalanche Energy to launch a first-of-its-kind commercial-scale R&D facility for fusion technologies! The facility, called FusionWERX, will be based in Richland, and will bring investment, clean power, and good jobs to Eastern Washington.

CPI put together the following resources to help you navigate Mapping Washington’s Climate Commitments:

Video showing you how to use the map: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvPhHygpREk
Video showing you how to find a specific project, which in this case is free youth transit: https://www.instagram.com/p/DMbSEufCsk3/

We encourage you to share this resource with your network, neighbors, and communities!

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Tailpipe Emission Deregulation will Cost Americans Billions

For months, the federal government has been working to roll back efforts to reduce transportation emission by revoking the endangerment finding and ending California’s vehicle emissions waiver.

Energy Innovation recently modeled the impact these policies would have on Americans, and unsurprisingly, the results are devastating for the economy, communities, and the air we breathe.

Energy Innovation found that between 2025 and 2050, these tailpipe emissions rollbacks could:

Cause 17,000 pollution-related premature deaths
Force Americans to pay $310 billion more, largely due to higher gas prices
Cost the labor market an average of 110,000 jobs annually

We have long known that reducing pollution is not only good for our health and the climate, it’s good for our wallets. Transitioning to electric vehicles means drivers aren’t subject to the volatility of the international fossil fuel market.

Right now, the Coltura EV Cost Savings Index has Washington drivers saving an average of $3,700/year on fuel and maintenance by switching to electric.

Ecology Releases Results of Annual Pre-Compliance Auction

On October 8, the Washington State Department of Ecology (ECY) released the results of the annual, mandatory CCA Allowance Price Containment Reserve (APCR) pre-compliance auction. This auction generated another $220 million that will be reinvested in clean air, clean water, and clean transportation across Washington state.

By definition, the APCR is “an account maintained by Ecology with allowances available for sale through separate reserve auctions at predefined prices to assist in containing compliance costs for covered and opt-in entities.”

In Washington, entities regulated by the CCA are guaranteed one APCR auction annually. Per statute, the guaranteed APCR auction must take place ahead of the November 1 program compliance deadline and can be used for compliance needs only.

A final APCR auction of 2025, triggered by Auction #11, will take place November 12.

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