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Five from R.I. will share ideas at Copenhagen conference
- Providence Journal (new window)
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2009-12-07 |
| In anticipation of the climate change conference in Copenhagen, two Rhode Island state legislators and a representative of an advocacy group, Environment Rhode Island, held a news conference at the State House Thursday to tout efforts by states, including Rhode Island, to reduce greenhouse gases in the absence of national laws or policy. | |
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Johnston plant listed as worst polluter in state
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2009-12-03 |
| A report released last week by Environment Rhode Island states that the Rhode Island State Energy Partners power plant is the dirtiest power plant in the state for its carbon dioxide pollution. | |
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Environmental Journal: New report asserts R.I. CO2 emissions soared 24 percent
- The Providence Journal (new window)
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2009-11-22 |
| A new report from a group called Environment Rhode Island asserts that Rhode Island’s carbon dioxide emissions have soared 24 percent between 1990 and 2007, which is going in the wrong direction for a state trying to reduce its impacts on climate change. But the state’s top environmental official says that figure is an anomaly and that while the state will not meet its goal of returning to 1990 levels by next year, it is moving in the right direction. | |
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Study: R.I. carbon emissions climb 24%
- Providence Business News (new window)
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2009-11-13 |
| PROVIDENCE – Carbon-dioxide emissions in Rhode Island increased 24 percent from 1997 to 2007, according to a report released Thursday by the nonprofit Environment Rhode Island that also found that Rhode Island’s total emissions rank among the lowest in the nation. | |
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Warwick Council favors anti-pollution bill
- Providence Journal (new window)
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2008-04-08 |
| The City Council last night took a stand on global warming, to the delight of environmental groups working to persuade the state to address the issue by reducing pollutants. The council unanimously endorsed legislation, dubbed the Global Warming Solutions Act, which is being introduced in both chambers of the General Assembly. | |
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Environmentalists, students support global warming bill
- Providence Journal (new window)
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2008-03-04 |
| Environmentalists, college students, religious leaders and scientists packed into a House committee meeting at the General Assembly on Tuesday to support a global-warming bill that would cap and reduce greenhouse-gas pollution produced by the state, from power generation to tailpipe emissions. | |
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Op-Ed: Clean Air put on hold in Rhode Island by EPA action
- Providence Business News (new window)
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2008-02-18 |
| Transportation is the largest and fastest growing source of global warming pollution in Rhode Island. To tackle global warming, Rhode Island must tackle the transportation problem by reducing vehicle miles traveled – now in excess of 20 million miles a day – and requiring cleaner cars that pollute less than those that are on the road today. | |
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City council members push for global warming initiative
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2008-02-06 |
| Two Providence city councilmen are urging the state to set targets for reducing global warming-related emissions, in the hope that an initiative that starts at the ground level will push lawmakers to back statewide legislation on global warming. | |
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Green local heros-- Small State, Big Effort
- Providence Phoenix (new window)
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2007-11-07 |
| Go big, little Rhody targets global warming Taking on a huge problem — say, global warming — is often a daunting task. As it happens, Rhode Island is particularly vulnerable, because of Narragansett Bay and the state’s large amount of coastline. | |
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Thinking Globally
- Providence Journal (new window)
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2007-07-08 |
| Rhode Island has joined a group of Northeast states that have agreed to a long-term plan designed to limit and then reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emitted from power plants. | |
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EPA urged to allow states to regulate emissions
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2007-05-23 |
| ARLINGTON, Va. — Environmentalists and state officials from across the country called yesterday for federal approval of California’s bid to slow global warming by cracking down at the state level on certain automobile emissions. | |
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Justices give EPA power to regulate car emissions
- Providence Journal (new window)
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2007-04-03 |
| The U.S. Supreme Court handed down two decisions yesterday that could create an unprecedented opportunity for setting new standards for reducing greenhouse gases from automobiles and lead to emissions reductions by a major utility. | |
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Rhode Island Gets Tough On Power Plants
- Newport Daily News (new window)
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2007-02-01 |
| At the same time the federal government is pressuring scientists to downplay global warming, it is encouraging that the state of Rhode Island is acknowledging the problem - and, better yet, doing something about it. | |
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Setting the Agenda
- Providence Journal (new window)
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2007-01-31 |
| In his fifth State of the State address, Governor Carcieri touched on numerous environmental issues including global warming, clean energy and protecting Narrgansett Bay. | |
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Budget Battle Looms In R.I.
- Pawtucket Times (new window)
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2007-01-30 |
| Budget battles loom in R.I. By: Jim Baron , Times staff writer PROVIDENCE - Boasting of recent achievements while warning of challenges mingled among the opportunities ahead, Gov. Donald Carcieri told a joint session of the General Assembly Tuesday that Rhode Island's "ship of state is turning and headed in a new and exciting direction." Amid the pomp and ceremony of Carcieri's fifth State of the State speech alongside the stirring phrases and the interruptions for applause, the dark specter of a budget that must overcome a $360 million deficit when it is introduced later today cast a shadow over the House Chamber packed with senators, representatives, general officers, judges, department heads and municipal leaders. | |
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Mass. signs greenhouse gas pact; R.I. only holdout
- Providence Journal (new window)
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2007-01-21 |
| Massachusetts recently rejoined a regional agreement with seven Northeast states to curb air pollution from energy power plants. The move makes Rhode Island the only state holding out on the agreement. | |
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Carcieri tightens emission rules
- Providence Journal
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2005-10-14 |
| By the end of December, if all goes as planned, Rhode Island will update its vehicle emission standards for the second time in a year. | |
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| 2005-09-25 | |
| PROVIDENCE, R.I. --A regional effort that would require power plants in the Northeast to reduce carbon dioxide emissions is still in the working stages, with no final agreement imminent, a participant said. | |
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Smokestack pressure
- Providence Journal
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2005-07-27 |
| SOMERSET -- The Brayton Point power plant was the largest single contributor in the Northeast last year of a pollutant that leads to global warming, according to a report issued yesterday by two public interest groups. | |
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City to buy first hybrid cars
- Providence Journal
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2005-01-25 |
| PROVIDENCE -- Officials are making plans to purchase the city's first hybrid vehicles, to be used by the Providence Water Supply Board. | |
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State adopts emission rules
- Providence Journal
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2004-12-24 |
| In its efforts to reduce air pollution, the state has approved strict emissions standards for new cars sold in Rhode Island beginning with the model year 2008. | |
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R.I. steers toward cleaner air with new emissions standard
- Providence Journal
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2004-05-06 |
| Governor Carcieri has announced the adoption of a tough new vehicle emissions standard for new cars sold statewide, with the goal of greatly reducing air pollution. | |
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