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The coronavirus pandemic showed how quickly the global food system can be disrupted. Building a better local food system is vital to feeding the hungry and helping to mitigate the climate crisis.
5/4/2021
To benefit from the new energy economy, we must first rescue Rhode Island
Our state government has an affirmative duty to ensure that Rhode Islanders have clean air and water, but in my neighborhood, that has been far from the case. While industries like offshore wind power are poised to bring $100 billion to U.S. economies in less than 10 years, for Black and brown communities like mine to benefit, we have to first address the underlying racism that keeps us saying “we can’t breathe.” This legislative session in Rhode Island, an unprecedented multiracial group has come up with the first step toward re-establishing the basic civil liberties that are the right of every Rhode Islander in a policy package called the Rescue Rhode Island Act.
The Providence Journal
PROVIDENCE The effort to make reductions of planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions mandatory in Rhode Island took a big step forward Tuesday with Senate approval of the Act on Climate bill.
The landmark legislation that environmental groups, public-health experts and citizen advocates say is necessary for the state to do more to fight climate change won passage in a 33-to-4 vote. Climate change is real, and its impacts will continue to be devastating if we don’t take action. This is without question our battle and our responsibility,” said Sen. Dawn Euer, the Newport Democrat who introduced the legislation. “This bill is critical to make sure we take the climate crisis seriously and take action as a state.”