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Meeting R.I.’s ambitious goals to reduce greenhouse emissions

Commentary 03/01/2024

Rhode Island is in a unique position to become a leader in curbing greenhouse gas emissions and establishing itself as a role model for...

HIT THE BRAKES: Rush-hour traffic on the Schuylkill Expressway in Philadelphia. A growing number of governors in the Northeast have expressed concerns about the Transportation and Climate Initiative causing gas prices to rise. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and Rhode Island Gov. Gina M. Raimondo support the initiative. / AP FILE PHOTO/JACQUELINE LARMA

Northeast governors slow to embrace regional climate pact

Economic Activity 01/31/2020

Supporters of a regional pact that would tackle transportation emissions are struggling to win over several New England governors concerned that the climate change...

A PROPOSAL called the Transportation and Climate Initiative would have an alliance of Northeast and mid-Atlantic states auction pollution allowances to wholesale fuel companies. / PBN FILE PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

Multistate pact could curb transportation carbon emissions

Economic Activity 12/17/2019

BOSTON (AP) – Carbon emissions from cars, trucks and other means of transportation would drop while gas prices would jump under a multistate draft...

RHODE ISLAND WAS ONE OF NINE states and the District of Columbia that have agreed to create a transportation emissions cap-and-trade program designed to decrease the use of fossil fuels and fund green technology and other projects. / PBN FILE PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

R.I. joins partnership developing transportation emission cap/trade program

Natural Resources 12/19/2018

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island was among nine Northeast and mid-Atlantic states and Washington, D.C., Tuesday announcing a partnership in a project designed to create...

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