Waterfall
Market approaches for addressing economic
   
imbalances and protecting our environment
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Founded in Pittsburgh in 1968 under the will of Alex C. Walker, the Foundation is structured as a charitable trust under Pennsylvania Law.
Mountains, Markets, Sea
The Alex C. Walker Educational and Charitable Foundation fills a unique niche among grant-giving institutions by addressing issues related to the causes of market imbalances, the exploration of market-based solutions, protection of the free enterprise system, and the dissemination of such information. The trust operates as a family foundation with Dr. Thomas Walker, Jr. and Barrett P. Walker serving as family trustees and PNC Bank serving as the corporate trustee.
Our Children's Trust, Atmospheric Trust Campaign  
We support legal actions and public education to secure the legal right to a healthy atmosphere and stable climate system at the federal, state and global domestic levels. We will establish the constitutional standard to a safe and stable climate under state and
US Forest Carbon Pricing Initiative  
Putting a price on forest carbon through taxes, carbon border adjustments and other mechanisms are market-based solutions to internalize the externalized damages associated with industrial logging activities. CSE will work to implement forest carbon pricing by (1...
Fossil Fuel Risk Bonds – Scaling Up our Pacific Northwest Successes  
CSE’s Fossil Fuel Risk Bond program is hitting its stride. As a result of successful research and advocacy in the Pacific Northwest, we now have policy templates that can be used at the state and county level in every US county that has a significant concentratio...
Compelling Fossil Fuel and Associated GHG Pollution Phase Out Under Existing US Law  
Advocacy, research, and legal action to secure a wholesale change in federal climate policy consistent with US obligations under domestic and international law.
New Tool, New Solutions for Decarbonizing Calif & Georgia Grids  
This project will use a unique new computer-based tool to investigate how two states, California and Georgia, can successfully decarbonize their electric grids by introducing nuclear power, a reliable, emission-free energy source. The electric grids in these sta...
Clean-up expedition to plastic-polluted Henderson Island.  
1. Return site visit to Henderson Island to complete work interruped by COVID Pandemic. 2. Support efforts around "circular economy" solutions for plastic waste. 3. Speaking engagements to message need to reduce plastic pollution at the source.
Pricing Carbon Initiative Dialogues, Public Forums, CBAM Project, and Capacity Building in 2024  
The Pricing Carbon Initiative (PCI) will continue with its mission, to build support for bipartisan carbon pricing solutions, designed to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, make US goods more competitive with nations imposing Carbon Border Measures, and...
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