New Video Explains Clear Act

Sen. Maria Cantwell’s office has produced a new 2-minute video explaining how the bipartisan CLEAR Act will cut U.S. carbon emissions 80 percent by 2050 by harnessing the power of the free market.

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Cantwell and Collins Promote Clear Act in Washington Post

“There has been much talk recently about whether Republicans and Democrats in Washington can produce a bipartisan clean-energy and jobs bill. The answer is: We already have."

“We have authored a bill that empowers America’s private sector to take the lead in the $6 trillion global energy market while shutting out Wall Street speculators and protecting low- and middle-income families from energy price increases.

“Our concept is simple: Instead of cap-and-trade, our approach is cap-and-dividend, with the dividends going where they belong: into the pockets of hard-working Americans.”

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Cantwell Makes Common-Sense Case for Clear Act

In a lengthy interview, Sen. Maria Cantwell argues that her cap-and-dividend bill is simple, durable, and above all predictable. It creates “a predictable, slow but steady decrease in CO2 emissions while keeping consumers whole. And it doesn’t rely on trading platforms, allowances and giveaways that have been the downturn of the U.S. economy of late.”

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CLEAR Act Benefits a Majority in All States

A new study shows that the Cantwell-Collins CLEAR Act would financially benefit a majority of Americans in all 50 states. The study, by University of Massachusetts economists James Boyce and Matthew Riddle, refutes a claim by a top utility CEO that CLEAR would take money from “mom in the Midwest and dividend it to Paris Hilton.”

“This assertion stands reality on its head,” the economists show. In fact, under CLEAR, money would flow from high carbon users such as Paris Hilton to a majority of moms in every state.

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Poll Finds 75% Support for Cap & Dividend

In a new poll by a top Republican pollster, nearly 75% of respondents supported a climate solution that “refunds almost all of the money it collects directly to the American people, like a tax refund.” Favoring the concept were 71% of Republicans, 85% of Democrats and 69% of independents.

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