It has been one year since my landmark Act on Climate has been signed into law. The Act on Climate strengthens the state’s climate-emission reduction and instructs the state to develop a plan to reduce climate emissions to net-zero by 2050. The law sets mandates, not goals, and makes the mandates enforceable in Rhode Island Superior Court.
2021 was a very big year for the climate in RI. As we work to implement the Act on Climate, I am focusing on making sure consumers are protected during the transition to clean energy.