Lunch and learn: how Cap-and-Invest is supporting WA kids

CLEAN AND PROSPEROUS INSTITUTE

September 6, 2024

We often hear about benefits from our clean energy and climate laws, but can we see the benefits in our communities?

On Friday, 9/13 at noon join us to explore a treasure map of climate commitments coming your way. For this training we will start by showing you the mapping tool that identifies how funds from the Climate Commitment Act’s cap-and-invest system are supporting kids in public primary school, among many other benefits to Washington.

Will you come “back to school” with us for a Zoom webinar briefing at noon Friday, September 13?

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Experts from the Clean and Prosperous Institute will show us how to use their new “Risk of Repeal” mapping tool to see how cap-and-invest funds are working for Washington communities across the state.

This webinar is for anyone wanting to learn more about our state’s climate commitments and funding to accelerate the transition to clean energy for all by making polluters pay. These are the very investments that are under threat from Initiative 2117.

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Co-hosted by Climate Solutions and other partners, this webinar will provide information you can use about climate and clean energy benefits coming to communities and various sectors across Washington. It helps us tell the story of our state’s transition to a healthy clean energy future.

During the webinar training we’ll first take a look at investments in schools and students, including funding safer access to schools, improved classroom experiences, and transportation.

According to CPI’s ongoing tracking of Climate Commitment Act investments, nearly $3 billion have been invested in specific projects throughout the state; more funds are being allocated each month. From Anacortes to Yakima, projects are already underway or launching soon in school districts and campuses across the state. These include:

Zero-emission school buses
Safe routes to schools
Transit support grants (free fares for youth riders at 30 transit agencies)
Energy retrofits and solar power for public buildings
School district indoor air quality and energy efficiency
Small district and tribal compact schools modernization

Join us Friday at noon to learn more. We’ll save time for a robust Q&A session and a chance to take real-time suggestions of other elements to explore with the Risk of Repeal map and one-pager fact sheets. So get your questions ready too!

Can you join us Friday 9/13 at noon to learn more about the risks of repealing the Climate Commitment Act?

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Author Bio

Kimberly Larson

Director of Communications and Engagement, Climate Solutions

Kimberly oversees the organization’s communications, engagement and technology team, focused on creating story-led communications to increase desire for the transition to clean energy and directing data-informed strategies for broader engagement on climate action.

While at Climate Solutions, she has also helped direct communications for the Power Past Coal coalition to stop coal exports in the Pacific Northwest and many policy advocacy campaigns both at the ballot at with state legislatures.

Prior to joining Climate Solutions, she was the Media Director for the Public Interest Network, a family of organizations that includes Environment America, and the Assistant Field Director for U.S. PIRG in Washington, D.C. She is 2008 Media, Communications, and Information Policy Fellow with the Rockwood Leadership Program. Kimberly started her career with Green Corps, the field school for environmental organizing after graduating from the University of Vermont with a B.A. in Environmental Studies and a minor in Women's Studies.

One story that inspires her: the multi-year effort to get Washington State join the Clean Fuels Coast.