To meet the mandatory greenhouse-gas reduction goals Rhode Island set earlier this year, state environmental officials Wednesday said lawmakers must join a proposed regional transportation carbon-pricing pact.
The Transportation Climate Initiative, which Rhode Island officials have been working on with counterparts from Massachusetts and other northeastern states, would cap diesel and gasoline emissions and charge wholesalers for their contribution to them.
Since taking office in March, Gov. Dan McKee has been noncommittal about the multi-state TCI plan his predecessor Gina Raimondo helped draw up.
But after some initial misgivings, McKee signed the Act on Climate requiring net zero emissions by 2050. And on Wednesday, his administration s Department of Environmental Management made clear it is enthusiastic about the Transportation Climate Initiative.
TCI Will Cause Gasoline And Diesel Fuel Shortages In Conn., Mass., And R.I.
Representatives From The Fuel Industry In Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, Warn TCI Will Cause Shortages and Gasoline Hoarding HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, USA, May 19, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ In a united front, representatives from regional trade groups representing gasoline distributors, convenience stores, and heating fuel retailers from Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, sounded the alarm today during a press conference that The Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI) will lead to significant fuel shortages in the region if it is implemented based on a new analysis which used data provided by the Federal Government demonstrating that demand will outstrip supply.