Thanks to a new Environment Rhode Island National Grid has started a new natural gas energy efficiency program to help Rhode Islanders cut their energy waste. Click here to learn more about National Grid's natural gas efficiency program and energy savings tips.

Cutting energy waste across Rhode Island is a key step in creating a new energy future, because less waste means less pollution from power plants that harms public health and contributes to global warming.

To create a Clean Energy Future in Rhode Island, we need to decrease our dependence on dirty and dangerous energy sources like coal and nuclear power, and shift to clean renewable alternatives like wind and solar power.

Wasting less of the energy we produce is one cornerstone of a new energy future. Cutting energy waste reduces the demands we place on old dirty power plants, cutting air pollution while also helping to stem our region's appetite for natural gas.

Environment Rhode Island would particularly like to thank the following legislators for their personal efforts to make Rhode Island's first natual gas efficiency program a reality: Senate President Montalbano, Senate Majority Leader Paiva-Weed, Sen. Walaska,  Sen. Sosnowski, House Speaker Murphy, House Majority Leader Fox, Rep. Kennedy and Rep. Handy.