Carbon Cashback Hawaii Newsletter
April 22, 2025 Newsletter - Happy Earth Day!
Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Carbon Pricing
Still-Alive Climate Bills - HB 344 and HB 1051
Climate News - First-Ever Global Price on Carbon!
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Spikes in 2024
A Plan for Cool and Calm in the Heat of Uncertainty - Carbon Cashback is a Low-Cost Climate Solution in an Uncertain Budget Environment.
Still-Alive Climate Bills.
Climate News - UK Emissions Continue to Decline.
Climate Change Disrupting the Ocean Food Web
February 21, 2025 Newsletter - Legislature Fails to Advance Carbon Cashback. Of all the bills introduced this session, carbon cashback stands out as the one that would have most significantly reduced greenhouse gas emissions. Although it won’tbe enacted this year, there are other bills still alive that have the potential to reduce carbon emissions, including those listed below. We are tracking these bills on our website and we will send out action alerts when there are opportunities to testify on them.
January 24, 2025 News Update Carbon Cashback Hawaii Present at Opening Day of the
2025 Hawaii State Legislative Session. These are the two versions of Carbon Cashback that have been
introduced:
Rep. Kapela’s bill in the House (HB 1375) and Sen. Gabbard’s bill in the Senate (SB 685) retain virtually the entire original Carbon Cashback bill, with equal-share climate rebates paid to all tax filers.
Rep. Perruso’s bill in the House (HB 760) and Sen. Rhoads’ bill in the Senate (SB 633) make the refundable tax credit vary according to income so that lower-income people receive more than higher-income
people.
Carbon Cashback Hawaii supports both of these versions of Carbon Cashback and urges everyone to do so.
January 2025 Newsletter State Action to Decarbonize is More Important than Ever The Legislature has all the information it needs to design and pass laws that will reduce the State’s emissions efficiently and equitably. It’s time to pass carbon cashback and other policies needed to put us on the path of decarbonization. The longer we wait, the steeper the pathway becomes.
Endorse Carbon Cashback!
As the 2025 legislative session approaches, we want to demonstrate the public’s strong support for the policy of carbon cashback. Please consider joining the growing list of supporters by clicking on the link below, where you can endorse the following policy statement as an individual or on behalf of your organization, business, or agency.
Mahalo!
To meet Hawaiʻi’s net-negative greenhouse gas emissions goal by 2045 in a way that financially benefits the great majority of kamaʻaina families, we endorse a state policy that sets a fee on carbon pollution to incentivize moving away from fossil fuels, with the majority of the proceeds rebated to households.
https://www.carboncashbackhawaii.org/sign-up
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