Before we start negotiating a linkage agreement with California and Québec, we’d like to hear from you.
The current linkage agreement between California and Québec is our starting point for developing a new linkage agreement that includes Washington. Please review the current California-Québec agreement and share your comments by January 31, 2025.
We've provided questions to consider as you review the agreement. You’re welcome to respond to individual questions or upload a comment letter.
What do you think of the California-Québec agreement? Which parts do you support? Which parts concern you?
What’s missing in the California-Québec agreement that should be included in an agreement with Washington?
How should we address environmental justice concerns in an agreement? Do you have recommendations for how the agreement can address concerns related to impacts on communities that have experience the greatest environmental and health burdens? (referred to in Washington as ‘overburdened communities’)
What should we consider in our analysis of the linkage criteria? See the preliminary analysis we shared last year.
Background:
A linkage agreement is a non-binding agreement that sets expectations for information sharing, cooperation, and accounting. It does not create new regulations or change existing regulations—that can only be done through each jurisdiction’s rulemaking process and changes to laws (statutes) made by legislators.
Review the linkage agreement focus sheet for additional background. More information about linkage, including how it will impact Washington and how Ecology is considering environmental justice is available at CCA.wa.gov/linkage.
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As directed by the Climate Commitment Act (CCA), the Washington Department of Ecology is seeking to link Washington’s Cap-and-Invest carbon market with the California-Québec market.
Before we start negotiating a linkage agreement with California and Québec, we’d like to hear from you.
The current linkage agreement between California and Québec is our starting point for developing a new linkage agreement that includes Washington. Please review the current California-Québec agreement and share your comments by January 31, 2025.
We've provided questions to consider as you review the agreement. You’re welcome to respond to individual questions or upload a comment letter.
Background:
A linkage agreement is a non-binding agreement that sets expectations for information sharing, cooperation, and accounting. It does not create new regulations or change existing regulations—that can only be done through each jurisdiction’s rulemaking process and changes to laws (statutes) made by legislators.
Review the linkage agreement focus sheet for additional background. More information about linkage, including how it will impact Washington and how Ecology is considering environmental justice is available at CCA.wa.gov/linkage.
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