Washington State Moves to Join the California-Québec Carbon Market
North America’s carbon market map just got more interesting. Officials from Washington State, California, and Québec have released a draft agreement that lays out how their three emissions trading systems could be linked into a single cross-border market. What’s Actually Happening Washington’s Climate Commitment Act created a cap-and-invest program that launched in 2023. California and Québec have been running a linked cap-and-trade system since 2014. The new draft agreement — released last week — proposes connecting all three. ...