I’m proud of the work we were able to get done during my 1st term as chair of the Senate Environment & Agriculture Committee. Nothing big ever gets done alone and I truly appreciate the collaboration of the advocates and my colleagues in both chambers. Check out this article from The Boston Globe.
Green Report Card gives R.I. Assembly high grades on environment
Two years after giving the legislature an “incomplete,” the Environment Council hails “the best two years of environmental policymaking in R.I. history”
By Edward Fitzpatrick Globe Staff,Updated September 2, 2022, 11:10 a.m.
PROVIDENCE — Just two years ago, the Environment Council of Rhode Island gave the General Assembly an “incomplete” on its “Green Report Card” because of the state legislature’s lackluster action on environmental measures.
But now the Environment Council is giving the Assembly good grades, declaring this “the best two years of environmental policymaking in Rhode Island history.”
For example, in 2021 the Assembly passed the “Act on Climate” bill, which makes the state’s goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions mandatory and enforceable.
And in 2022, the Assembly passed legislation requiring that 100 percent of electricity sold in the state must come from renewable sources such as wind and solar by 2033 — sooner than any other state in the country.