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</html>";s:4:"text";s:28707:"Natural gas emits slightly more than half as much CO2 than coal when burned, although environmental advocates point out that today’s most common form of natural gas extraction — fracking — and methane leaks have a significant impact on the local environment and on greenhouse gas emissions. About 10 percent of Rhode Islanders use electric heat, while about 29 percent heat with fuel oil. Rhode Island may not have the same GHG emission reduction mandates that Massachusetts must adhere to, but it is under the same urgency to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. • Rhode Island’s 2002 Greenhouse Gas Action Plan stated a goal of 75-85% reductions below 2002 over the long-term State GHG Reduction Goal Source Massachusetts 80% below 1990 by 2050 2008 Global Warming Solutions Act Connecticut 80% below 2001 by 2050 2008 CT Global Warming Solutions Act Vermont 75% below 1990 by 2050 10 V.S.A. According to this The 11 states include Pennsylvania plus the 10 members of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a coalition creating a greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program for the power generation sector. GHG Reduction Modeling: Rhode Island completed a study in December 2016 which outlines multiple strategies for achieving the state’s GHG reduction goals. 4 for ratepayers. The Rhode Island Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Plan (GHG Plan) identifies energy efficiency as an important component to achieving the Resilient Rhode Island Act GHG targets. The multi-state ZEV group now has an action plan to guide us through development and deployment of zero-emission vehicle infrastructure on both coasts, said Governor Peter Shumlin. Policies • Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Plan (December 2016) • Specific policies in energy, heating, transportation & land use • VMT reduction and EV adoption • Lead by Example to enable markets • Commitment to increase renewable energy ten-fold to The 2008 Global Warming Solutions Act requires Massachusetts to achieve greenhouse gas emissions reductions of 25 percent below 1990 emissions levels by 2020 and a reduction … The Resilient Rhode Island Act established a goal to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions by 80% below The study’s team was led by Brown University professor Timmons Roberts and is a collaboration between the Climate & Development Lab at Brown and the Stockholm Environment Institute.The study was motivated by the lack of leadership at the federal level … The Act on Climate law requires the state to update its greenhouse gas reduction plan by the end of 2022 with another update in 2025 and every five years thereafter. Daniel McKee has indicated he will sign it. Released in December to meet a legislated mandate, the plan was developed by the Executive Climate Coordinating Council (EC4) to determine where the states’ greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions are coming from. brattle.com | 6. New England States Have Significant Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Reduction Goals % Reduction Below 1990 Levels by 2050 Economy Wide* * Some states have different baseline and target years (e.g., Maine’s goal specifies reductions below 2003 levels that may be required “in the long term”) Carbon dioxide (CO 2) cap-and-trade program: RI Rule 12.031.046 and RI Rule 12.031.047 Landfills . The charts "show how emissions from U.S. states compare, how they are changing and what could come next. The measure now heads to Gov. Explicit GHG reduction goals: Rhode Island has a state-wide goal to reduce GHG emissions by 80% from a 1990 baseline by 2050. Rhode Island adopted California’s Low-Emission Vehicle Program in 2005, committing to a 30% reduction in average new vehicle greenhouse gas emissions from 2002 levels by 2016. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Brown University has announced a comprehensive plan that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from existing facilities to 42 percent below 2007 levels by 2020. The draft plan will achieve a 44% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, surpassing the 40% reduction goal required by state law. Rhode Island joins other states, including Massachusetts, New York and Maine, in enacting significant climate legislation in the past few years aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions … Japan’s target of no net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 brought it into line with the European Union, which last year set a goal of becoming carbon neutral by … • Rhode Island’s 2016 total GHG emissions were 11.02 million metric tons carbon dioxide equivalent (MMTCO 2e). • Rhode Island’s 2016 total GHG emissions were 11.02 million metric tons carbon dioxide equivalent (MMTCO 2e). In addition, it established the Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council (EC4), an advisory body composed of 12 state agency directors, to implement its goals. The bill legally requires dramatic reductions in the amount of greenhouse gases Rhode Island produces starting in 2030. RGGI is a market-based program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.It is a cooperative effort among the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont to cap and reduce CO2 emissions … Read below to see the many efforts to plan and coordinate actions combating climate change in Massachusetts, regionally, nationally, and across the world. Climate Change Action Plan. The reductions that will take place by adopting the California greenhouse gas standards, in addition to the California LEV II regulations, adopted last year, will significantly contribute to meeting Rhode Island's targets. Rhode Island Greenhouse Gas Action Plan; ... EPA's Perfluorocarbon (PFC) Reduction/Climate Partnership for the semiconductor industry supports the industry's voluntary efforts to reduce high global warming potential (GWP) greenhouse gas emissions by following a pollution prevention strategy. GHG Emissions Sources Relied On – We primarily relied on the reported GHG emissions from each state’s Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Office of Air Resources ... State to consider as it develops its GHG reduction plan. The legislation also required that a task force create and submit a plan for achieving this target. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050.3 The Rhode Island Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Plan (GHG Plan) identifies energy efficiency as an important component for achieving the GHG targets set forth in the Act.4 The electric, gas, and oil energy efficiency measures proposed in this Plan will avoid over 1.09 million procurement, conservation, and energy efficiency are the bedrock of Rhode Island’s clean energy economy and are vital to any future in which our state achieves its greenhouse gas reduction targets. The law establishes aggressive greenhouse gas reduction targets, but is silent on specific plans to achieve them. However, the goals set by Resilient Rhode Island are now outdated. Rhode Island needs to create statutory mandates to direct state agencies to enforce standards and guidelines that will bring Rhode Island to cutting carbon emissions by … IV. Now some say without TCI-P they won’t be able to get there. The former governor was an early cheerleader for the program, but it was the recent passage and signing of the Act on Climate that has put Rhode Island in a bind. In addition to reducing emissions that contribute to climate change, the draft plan will also promote better air quality by reducing emissions that contribute to ground-level ozone and fine particle pollution. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island lawmakers have passed a wide-ranging bill to address climate change that would require the state to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, and Gov. supply, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, etc. Figure 3: Emissions Impact from Systemic Methane Leakage13 Approving ratepayer funds to expand gas infrastructure is particularly troubling with regard to climate science. 3. • Rhode Island’s 2016 total emissions have decreased 1.46 MMTCO 2e (-11.67%) from the 1990 baseline of the progress of these strategies; 15 (3) To Lead by example and,to the maximum extent feasible, purchase alternative fuel, 16 hybrid, and electric vehicles that produce lower total emissions of greenhouse gases and develop Thus this Plan adopts Rhode Island’s proportional share of these regional targets as its own targets, i.e., the same percentage The goals legislators adopted in 2006 call for a 50% reduction of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions below their 1990 levels by 2028, and a 75% reduction by 2050. The Act on Climate bill passed the Rhode Island House of Representatives 53-22 Tuesday after gaining approval from the state Senate last week. The Rhode Island Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council (EC4) was established to coordinate efforts between state agencies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Rhode Island released its GHG Emissions Reduction Plan in 2016. These objectives are based on a plan developed by our Facilities Management team and several faculty experts. 1. Landmark climate legislation in Rhode Island is expected to help build support for the regional Transportation and Climate Initiative. 42-6.2-9. 32 Mandatory targets for emissions reduction: 33 It is hereby established that the state shall reduce its statewide greenhouse gas emissions . (18% total CH4 in 2012) According to the state’s Global Warming Act, New Jersey needs to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80% below 2006 levels by 2050, a key element of its climate reduction goals. The President may not believe his own government, but the US National Climate Assessment is just the latest in a number of increasingly alarming warnings that have a collective message: we must act now to save our planet, and this action must go far beyond simple greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction policies or … § 578 30 States and Local Governments Seek to Intervene to Defend EPA’s Authority to Limit Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Rhode Island Test provides a value framework to deliver savings. Rhode Island lawmakers giving the final OK to a controversial climate bill Tuesday. In accordance with the provisions of Rhode Island General Laws §42-6.2-2(2), I am pleased to provide you with the following “E4 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Plan,” which includes strategies, programs, and actions to meet the targets for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions as established in the Resilient Rhode Island Act. That goal is essential … Eight years ago, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative ― made up of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont ― established an interstate cap-and-trade system that puts a limit on carbon dioxide emissions from the utility sector and allows power companies to buy and sell permits to pollute. The plan The Net Zero America study details the actions required to achieve net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Brown University has announced a comprehensive plan that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from existing facilities to 42 percent below 2007 levels by 2020. We are on our way to achieving these goals. Background. The law establishes aggressive greenhouse gas reduction targets, but is silent on specific plans to achieve them. Regulations could be imposed limiting what you can buy or making you pay more if you use fossil fuels. 34. to the targets set forth in § 42-6.2-2(a)(2)(i), as those targets may be from time to time be revised, LC001259/SUB A - Page 5 of 8. The Rhode Island Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council (EC4) was established to coordinate efforts between state agencies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The plan used targets written into the Resilient Rhode Island Act, a nonbinding policy passed by the General Assembly in 2014 that aims to reduce state emissions 80% from a … ), but also allow customers to rely on the grid for energy needs for transportation and heating that, in Rhode Island, have traditionally been served by other fuel delivery systems. In February 2019, Brown pledged that campus emissions will reach net zero by 2040, with a 75% reduction by 2025. If for any reason, Rhode Island could not achieve these reductions, anyone could file a law suit to force the reductions. As signatories, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, and New Hampshire supported reducing GHG emissions to 80 percent to 95 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. That goal is essential … Dawn Euer and Rep. Lauren H. Carson to update Rhode Island’s climate-emission reduction goals and make them enforceable, was signed into law today. We look forward to working together to reduce emissions from the energy sector and create a cleaner energy future.” National Grid has long supported efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its footprint, and has established reduction goals of 45% by 2020 and … The surprising rise suggests the U.S. would need to step up carbon reduction even faster if it has any hope of meeting Paris Agreement goals. reached by the Rhode Island Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Plan. More than 100 people were in Newport for Saturday's signing of the Act on Climate, which aims to cut RI's greenhouse-gas emissions to net-zero by 2050. August 3, 2015, WALTHAM, Mass. Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI, see Text Box), achievement of renewable portfolio standards (RPS) in all states, and nation-leading investments in energy efficiency. H5445 delegates to the Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council (ECCC) the dramatic and expansive legislative power to regulate all facets of Rhode Islander’s personal lives, businesses and municipalities, to achieve aggressive greenhouse gas emission reductions: 45% below 1990 emissions by 2030; 80% below 1990 emissions by 2040, and; net zero emissions by 2050. Dan McKee's desk. Providence, RI – Struggling to recover from the pandemic lockdowns, almost 20% more Rhode Islanders oppose than support the plan for a new TCI gas tax as a solution to reduce carbon emissions, after learning of its potential negative economic impacts on lower-income families and on their own financial security.. 4. University launches strategic sustainability plan. Daniel McKee has indicated he will sign it. The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is the nation’s first mandatory, market-based cap and trade program to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2). ), but also allow customers to rely on the grid for energy needs for transportation and heating that, in Rhode Island, have traditionally been served by other fuel delivery systems. Rhode Island is also a participant in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (“Reggie”), a carbon permit auction program. Rhode Islanders will therefore increasingly rely on, and provide to, the electric system. As the name of the plan suggests, this plan focuses on mitigation (reduction of greenhouse gas emissions) rather than adaptation (preparing the state for the impacts of climate change that are already unavoidable. • Resilient Rhode Island Act. The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) was the first mandatory cap-and-trade program in the U.S. intended to reduce emissions in the electricity sector.In the absence of federal regulations, former New York Governor George Pataki issued a call to other governors in the region to design a mandatory program to limit emissions from the electric sector in 2003. RIDEM 2016 RHodE ISlAnd GREEnHouSE GAS EMISSIonS InvEnToRy Key Findings: • Achieved 2020 GHG Emissions Reduction Target. Previously, Maryland had enacted the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act of 2009, setting reduction targets of 25% below 2006 levels by 2020 and establishing a long-term goal of reducing statewide emissions by up to 90% below 2006 levels by 2050. Of course, a vision without a plan is a hallucination. Rhode Island's work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has given it a jump on new rules proposed by the Obama administration to tackle global warming. Rhode Island has set tailpipe emissions standards and passed complete streets legislation. Rhode Island Governor Gina M. Raimondo "A strong, national program for the fuel efficiency and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from light duty vehicles is vital for providing consumers with the fuel and cost saving choices that they need to access jobs, education, healthcare and economic opportunity. 18 Iowa 0.316 44 Rhode Island 0.159 19 Ohio 0.314 45 New Jersey 0.157 20 New Mexico 0.304 46 Massachusetts 0.142 ... • Each major GHG emissions sector will contribute proportionately to any overall emissions reduction strategy. Both chambers of the Rhode Island General Assembly approved companion legislation sponsored by Sen. House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio and the sponsors today joined Governor … Roberts noted that the report failed to mention any natural gas leakage issues. They have the potential to remove up to 1 billion tons of additional carbon dioxide per year with smart measures to promote conservation, restoration and sustainable land management,” according to the WRI. Source: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Note: States participating in the current program include Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Delaware, and Maryland.New Jersey withdrew from the RGGI program in 2012. The plan outlines strategies to help the state meet its 2014 goals of reducing GHG emissions 10 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, 45 percent below 1990 levels by 2035, and 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. While Massachusetts has many accomplishments to be proud of in the realm of greenhouse gas emissions reductions and creating safe, adaptive, and resilient communities, we are actively working to continue and expand each of those efforts. 2 Reduce GHG emissions by 80% by 2050 Rhode Island joins other states, including Massachusetts, New York and Maine, in enacting significant climate legislation in the past few years aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and transitioning to a low carbon economy. This plan is critical to meeting Vermonts greenhouse gas reduction goals and implementing our state energy plan. Governor Ned Lamont of Connecticut, Governor Charlie Baker of Massachusetts, Governor Gina Raimondo of Rhode Island, and Mayor Muriel Bowser of the District of Columbia today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) committing to a groundbreaking, multi-jurisdictional program that pursues systematic and substantial reductions in motor vehicle pollution – the largest source of greenhouse … Advocating for the Act on Climate 2020 bill that would strengthen the Resilient Rhode Island Act (which set non-binding greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets back in 2014). The Act on Climate bill received its final approval from both the House and Senate on Tuesday evening. Brown is committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2040, with 75% reductions by 2025. McKee, a Democrat, said he supported the bill’s overall goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but questioned language that would allow Rhode Island residents and … Boston — In a move that will accelerate state and regional efforts to combat climate change while continuing to grow the economy, Massachusetts today joined with eight other Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) to announce a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions beyond 2020. To create a more sustainable campus and confront what scientists have declared an increasingly dire threat posed by global climate change, Brown University has set an aggressive goal to cut its campus greenhouse gas emissions by 75 percent by 2025 and to achieve net-zero no later than 2040. Rhode Island Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Plan (ri.gov). – National Grid US supports the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan aimed at meaningfully reducing greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants. regional Greenhouse Gas Reduction target of reducing GHG emissions to the 1990 level by 2010 and 10% below 1990 levels by 2020 as a reasonable goal for now, on which to base a Rhode Island GHG Action Plan. Governor Rell to Introduce Legislation Supporting State’s Participation in Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced she will propose legislation to implement a nine-state, regional agreement that will reduce dangerous greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. The law establishes aggressive greenhouse gas reduction targets, but is silent on specific plans to achieve them. Emissions must be 40 percent lower than 1990 levels by 2030, and 80 percent lower by 2050, in-line with Vermont’s Comprehensive Energy Plan. Carbon dioxide amounts to about three-quarters of greenhouse gases produced. Emissions reductions standards have been established as state goals or through market-based mechanisms such as a regional carbon market or a cap-and-trade program. Any assessment of impacts from an LNG facility must consider a range of factors like safety, public health, and noise. Euer says the climate crisis "poses too grave a threat to the earth and to Rhode Island in particular to treat climate emissions reduction as an aspiration rather than an obligation." As the name of the plan suggests, this plan focuses on mitigation (reduction of greenhouse gas emissions) rather than adaptation (preparing the state for the impacts of climate change that are already unavoidable. 129.9 Tg CO2 Eq. expanded renewable energy generation, and participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) among its top ten strategies to reduce GHG emissions when considering cost-effectiveness and GHG emissions reduction potential.8 Beyond these specific policies and programs, some states implement utility planning 102.8 Tg CO2 Eq. Climate action plan: Resilient Rhode Island Act of 2014, RI Gen. Laws 42-6.2. The Climate and Development Lab at Brown University team was led by Professor J. Timmons Roberts and included Rhode Island’s cut in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions below 1990 levels by 2050. Vehicle GHG emissions: RI Rule 12.031.037. Sign Memorandum of Understanding – Pledge to Develop Action Plan to eradicate toxic diesel emissions by 2050. Now some say without TCI-P they won’t be able to get there. According to him, this problem — which he outlined in a 2019 study — “could mean that Rhode Island’s greenhouse gas emissions could be 45 percent higher than the state reports.” The U.S. target has been a 26 to 28 percent reduction of 2005 levels in all greenhouse-gas emissions by 2025. We are on our way to achieving these goals. The bill sets mandatory goals for the state to reduce greenhouse gas emissions: 45 percent below 1990 levels by 2030, 80 percent below those levels by 2040, and at “net-zero emissions… The broad purpose of this project is to understand and empirically estimate how society would value reductions in air pollutants and greenhouse gases and the costs associated with those reductions. Topic: greenhouse gas emissions Metro, News. These are based on the latest greenhouse gas emissions data World Resources Institute compiled for all 50 states (through 2014, the latest year for which in-state emissions data is available" Rhode Island's work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has given it a jump on new rules proposed by the Obama administration to tackle global warming. Ned Lamont and the leaders of two other northeastern states and the District of Columbia signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday to pursue substantial reductions in motor vehicle pollution and invest $300 million per year in modernizing transportation in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region. Plan, the Rhode Island Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Plan, Governor Raimondo’s Heating Sector Transformation Executive Order (EO 19-06) and 100% Renewable Electricity Executive Order (EO 20-01), broader state energy policy goals, anticipated customer bill impacts, and customer equity and access. Now some say without TCI-P they won’t be able to get there. Thanks to your continued leadership, robust stakeholder engagement, and utility-led innovation, Their greenhouse-gas emissions can’t be easily reduced or inexpensively captured and sequestered away. Eleven other states have joined RGGI — Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virginia. A new study demonstrates that achieving an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050 is feasible for Rhode Island. The original plan was to seek legislative approval to enact some provisions to make TCI enforceable on Rhode Island fuel dealers. ... after the Supreme Court stayed the Clean Power Plan in February 2016. – Hank Webster, Acadia Center’s Rhode Island Director and Staff Attorney. GHG reduction targets: Rhode Island General Laws (RI Gen. Laws) 42-6.2-2. Comprehensive regulation will enable meaningful greenhouse gas emissions reductions with flexible options for states. Emerging science tells us that we need to do everything possible to achieve net zero emissions Rhode Island's Greenhouse Gas Action Plan contains 52 options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Boston — In a move that will accelerate state and regional efforts to combat climate change while continuing to grow the economy, Massachusetts today joined with eight other Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) to announce a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions beyond 2020. 16.0% emissions rate reduction. Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont) have implemented the first mandatory market-based regulatory program in the U.S. to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In addition to their individual state goals and laws, all six New England states have been members of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative ( RGGI ) since 2007. The former Governor was an early cheerleader for the program, but it was the recent passage and signing of the Act on Climate that has put Rhode Island in a bind. Emissions . These reduction requirements would be similar to other Northeastern states. However, with bi-partisan opposition building in the state for this stealth gas tax, it is unclear if the Governor will attempt to act solely by “executive” authority and attempt to bypass the General Assembly. The Resilient Rhode Island Act of 2014, which Representative Ruggiero also cosponsored, set goals of reducing the state’s greenhouse gas emissions to 10 percent below 1990 levels by next year, 45 percent below 1990 levels by 2035 and 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. RGGI is the first mandatory trading program that caps CO2 emissions in the US … To reduce greenhouse gases by 80 percent, we would need 81 percent of residential homes heating with electricity. Natural Gas Systems . World Resources Institute. § 578 A Rhode Island climate bill that updates emissions reductions targets and makes them legally binding won approval from a Senate committee. The Act on Climate bill received its final approval from both the House and Senate on Tuesday evening. After a lengthy debate, Rhode Island House lawmakers approved legislation aimed at reducing the state’s greenhouse-gas emissions and strengthening its clean-energy policies. The Test includes the value of GHG reductions. Proponents hailed Monday’s announcement of the kickoff of the regional … Resilient Rhode Island Act of 2014 – Climate Change Coordinating Council SECTION 42-6.2-2 ... submit to the governor and general assembly a plan that includes strategies, programs, and actions to meet targets for greenhouse gas emissions reductions as follows: (A) Ten percent (10%) below 1990 levels by 2020; 13 (2) Develop short-and long-term greenhouse gas emission reduction strategies and track 14 . "We already making steps," said … Rhode Island’s planning and investments in gas infrastructure and resources must include consideration of the state’s GHG emissions reduction targets. The transportation sector is the nation’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions and also contributes to unhealthy levels of smog in many of the signatory states. 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