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Ocean State Needs to Plan Now for Extreme Sea-Level Rise
Grover Fugate, executive director of the state Coastal Resources Management Council, said Rhode Island should consider measures beyond the hurricane barrier in Providence to protect the city and other parts of Narragansett Bay.
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Hitting Emissions Targets a Challenge for Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE — It turns out that an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions is easier said than done. A preliminary study commissioned by the Rhode Island Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council concludes that even with the near elimination of fossil fuels to generate electricity, heat homes and power cars, Rhode Island will only be able to cut its greenhouse-gas emissions 62 percent by 2050.
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