Rhode Island Emissions Target

RI: On August 26, 2001, Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Arnold signed onto The Climate Change Action Plan developed by The New England Governors and the Eastern Canadian Premiers.  By signing the agreement, Rhode Island agreed to reduce its statewide greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2010, 10 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, and 75-85 percent below 2001 levels in the long term.

Action Plan