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Rhode Island considering 2 bills to advance its 2030 GHG emissions goal – Repairer Driven News
Rhode Island senators need to take extra time to contemplate welcoming electrical automobiles (EVs) because the vehicles of the long run and planning for charging infrastructure as evidenced by the Senate Atmosphere and Agriculture Committee’s current unanimous votes to carry two payments on the topic for additional research, that means no vote was taken to ship them to the Senate ground.
S. 2448, referred to as the “Electrical Transportation Act,” seeks to satisfy the state’s greenhouse fuel (GHG) emissions 2030 goal, as mandated by its Act on Local weather, to 45% beneath 1990 ranges. The mandate takes that additional to 80% by 2040 “net-zero” by 2050.
S. 2692 “strives to make gross sales of all new medium and heavy-duty automobiles within the state zero-emissions by no later than 2050.” ecoRI Information stories that, “Rhode Island has let heavy-duty automobile emissions stay unchecked for 20-plus years, after passing laws to crack down on them. As ecoRI Information reported final 12 months, the state’s heavy-duty automobile emissions program stays in improvement, 18 years after it was imagined to be carried out.”
Sen. Alana DiMario (D-District 36), a sponsor of each payments, clarified through the Could 4 Senate Atmosphere and Agriculture Committee listening to that the payments don’t mandate EVs or ban any kind of automobiles. Nevertheless, the invoice states, “It shall be a aim of the state that 100% (100%) of latest passenger vehicles and vehicles mannequin 12 months 2030 or later supplied on the market or lease, or bought or leased for registration within the state shall be zero emissions by 2030.”
“The way forward for transportation – we all know simply from the path that the market goes in – is towards electrical automobiles,” DiMario mentioned. “We additionally know that transportation emissions account for a big portion of our greenhouse fuel emissions and to ensure that us to satisfy the objectives that we have to meet, not solely to satisfy the mandates set by the act on local weather but in addition simply due to the bodily actuality of the world that we live in, we have to have a very good plan for the way Rhode Island goes to have the ability to transition to primarily electrical automobiles. This invoice is an try to get us nearer.”
Inexperienced Vitality Shoppers Alliance Transportation Coverage and Program Coordinator Mal Skowron was considered one of a number of who spoke in help of the payments on the listening to. Rising fuel costs are an incredible incentive in the case of transitioning to EVs and the S. 2448 establishes “a plan ahead” for inexperienced, climate-safe, and reasonably priced client alternative.
“Again in March, when fuel costs had been going up, there was a shoot up in Google searches for electrical automobiles as a result of individuals are attempting to flee fuel costs and this isn’t going to be the final time that we see these will increase,” Skowron mentioned. “…By 2030, each Rhode Islander shopping for a brand new automobile ought to be capable of go electrical with out worrying about the place they’re going to cost, whether or not their rental affiliation goes to have charging for them, whether or not the automobile salesman goes to attempt to push them into shopping for a gas-powered automobile as an alternative of an electrical automobile. These are all actual issues which can be occurring to Rhode Islanders that I feel this invoice will begin to assist alleviate.”
And S. 2692 works towards establishing a inexperienced vitality plan for the usually ignored or misunderstood medium and heavy-duty trucking sector which can be dealing with record-high diesel costs making costs go up on different items, she mentioned.
Brian Moran, director of presidency affairs for the New England Comfort Retailer and Vitality Entrepreneurs Affiliation, in opposition to each payments, mentioned it might be simpler “to supply voluntary incentives for fleet electrification [and] client EV adoption metrics versus mandates.”
He added that the affiliation believes the payments are “unrealistic” and “untimely,” partially because of EVs being “an embryonic, nascent trade proper now.” Whereas the payments would create create “inflationary pressures” on the trucking trade, the affiliation is wanting ahead to EVs and are invested in charging infrastructure, he mentioned.
“We’re not anti-EV,” Moran mentioned. “We’re not anti-EV charging. We see our trade having a big function sooner or later and we offer conventional motor fuels as a result of that’s what individuals need; that’s what they want now. As their gasoline selections change, we’re going to alter together with them.”
Moran additionally mentioned the payments missed the chance to deal with direct present quick charger (DCFC) sustainability, which electrical firms “create a big barrier to” by imposing demand charges.
Committee member Sen. Joshua Miller (D-District 28) disagreed that they’re untimely noting that Tesla quick chargers, for instance, exist already on Cape Cod at comfort shops.
Acadia Middle Rhode Island Director Hank Webster, in help of the payments, mentioned the state’s Public Utilities Fee is already contemplating a requirement cost low cost pilot for DCFC stations and a time of use fee pilot is underway to make sure EVs are charged when it’s “most advantageous” to the grid to keep away from including pressure.
“This transition is going on,” Webster mentioned. “The automakers have informed us it’s going to occur and so it’s crucial that Rhode Island get its arms on the wheel throughout this transition in order that we don’t careen off the aspect of the street; so we’re ensuring that we channel our sources into ensuring this transition occurs in a manner that’s in the most effective curiosity of Rhode Islanders.”
He added that EVs are three-and-a-half instances extra environment friendly than inside combustion engine (ICE) automobiles. One gallon of fuel has about 120,000 British Thermal Models (BTUs) in it so if that lasts 30 miles, to be able to get the identical 30 miles from an EV, about 34,120 BTUs are wanted, Webster mentioned.
Northeast Clear Vitality Council Coverage Affiliate Greg Ohadoma, in help of S. 2448, echoed the invoice’s textual content by stating that the transportation sector is the biggest supply of GHG emissions in Rhode Island. He mentioned GHG emissions make up one-third of all emissions within the state.
“Electrifying transportation is within the public curiosity economically, environmentally, and by way of public well being,” the invoice states.
Ohadoma referred to as the invoice “a robust dedication” to scrub vitality.
“The adoption of the Electrical Transportation Act will cut back the systematic disproportion of burden of tailpipe emissions which have affected the environmental justice communities,” he mentioned. “They’ve worn these for much too lengthy.”
If the invoice is signed into regulation, the Rhode Island Division of Environmental Administration must “undertake motorized vehicle emissions requirements based mostly on California’s duly promulgated motorized vehicle emissions requirements, except, after a public listening to, the division establishes, based mostly on substantial proof, emissions requirements and a compliance program much like the state of California’s is not going to obtain, within the combination, better motorized vehicle air pollution reductions than the federal requirements and compliance program for any such mannequin 12 months.”
California has been recognized to have bold objectives in the case of air high quality, greenhouse fuel emissions, and local weather change. With a preemption waiver that was reinstated to California in March, the state’s Superior Clear Automotive (ACC) program was additionally reinstated, which implements GHG emission requirements and a zero-emission automobile gross sales mandate for mannequin years 2017-2025.
States have the authority beneath the federal Clear Air Act to request the waiver, which prohibits them from enacting emission requirements for brand new motor automobiles, in keeping with the EPA.
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Rhode Island FC falls 3-0 to Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC in USL Championship final – What's Up Newp
Rhode Island FC’s historic inaugural season came to an end in the USL Championship Final on Saturday when it fell 3-0 to Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC at Weidner Field. Becoming the first Eastern Conference team in league history to advance to the final match in its first season, the Ocean State club will return to Rhode Island proud after making the farthest run by an expansion side in eight years.
Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC had a golden chance to take the lead less than a minute into the match when Yosuke Hanya was on the receiving end of a central pass as he cut behind the Rhode Island FC defense. Sprinting into a one-on-one opportunity with Koke Vegas, the midfielder dragged his shot just wide of the right post.
Holding just 30 percent of possession throughout the first 15 minutes, RIFC got its first real chance of the match when it won a dangerous free kick at the corner of the 18-yard-box in the 14th minute. JJ Williams stepped up to take the free kick, and curled it narrowly over the bar as the match stayed scoreless.
Colorado Springs eventually broke the deadlock in the 22nd minute when Hanya broke free on the right wing, sending a cross into the six-yard box for Juan Tejada. Making a run into the open space, Tejada side-footed the ball into the back of the net from close range to give the hosts a 1-0 lead.
In the 42nd minute, Colorado Springs doubled its lead with a powerful strike from the top of the box. It happened when Jairo Henriquez tore down the left flank, cut inside and took a shot that was blocked by RIFC. Unfortunately for the Ocean State club, the rebound fell kindly to Haneriquez, who made no mistake on his second effort and picked out the top-left corner to make it 2-0.
The Switchbacks nearly took complete control with a third goal in first-half stoppage time when Quenzi Huerman unleashed yet another shot from distance, but Vegas punched the effort over the bar and took care of the resulting corner to keep the match 2-0 at the break.
Nine minutes into the second half, RIFC nearly cut the deficit in half when Clay Holstad connected on a corner kick from the top of the box. Instead, Colorado Springs blocked the shot and quickly broke out on the counter-attack, where Roaldo Damus finished with a low, one-on-one effort to make it 3-0.
RIFC came within inches of getting one back in the 64th minute when Frank Nodarse headed a corner towards the bottom-right corner, but Colorado Springs goalkeeper Christian Herrera produced a sharp diving save to deny the Ocean State club. Minutes later, Jack Panayotou forced another save out of Herrera, and Morris Duggan couldn’t keep the close-range rebound on frame.
The opportunities were as close as RIFC could get to finding the back of the net in the match as the USL Championship Final ended 3-0.
After the match, the visitors walked over to thank the over 400 Rhode Island FC faithful who made the trip out west. The fanbase’s incredible support during the record-breaking inaugural season fueled the team to a memorable finish. The Ocean club will now look forward to its launch of season two from The Stadium at Tidewater Landing in downtown Pawtucket.
GOAL SCORING RUNDOWN
COS – Juan Tejada (Youke Hanya), 22nd minute: Tejada connects with Hanya’s right-wing cross from inside the six-yard box. COS 1, RI 0
COS – Jairo Henriquez, 42nd minute: Henriquez picks out the top-left corner with a powerful strike from the top of the 18-yard box. COS 2, RI 0
COS – Ronaldo Damus (Matt Real), 53rd minute: Damus finishes a one-on-one counter-attack with a low finish into the bottom corner. COS 3, RI 0
ADDITIONAL NOTES
- Saturday’s match was the first-ever USL Championship Final to air nationally on network television (CBS).
- The opening goal for Colorado Springs in the 22nd minute marked the first time RIFC trailed during the 2024 USL Championship Playoffs.
- The 2-0 halftime deficit marked the first time RIFC has trailed by multiple goals at halftime since April 26.
- RIFC will return to the Ocean State after making the furthest playoff run by any Eastern Conference expansion team in league history, and becoming the first expansion club in eight years to advance to the final.
MAN OF THE MATCH: Clay Holstad
Match stats and information available here.
Thank you, Joe Biden
Trump has learned that if he tells lies often enough and loudly enough, they will be believed. He keeps repeating that Joe Biden has been a terrible president.
In fact, President Biden has accomplished much. He tackled the COVID crisis by helping hospitals get supplies, getting COVID vaccines distributed, making free testing kits available, sending checks to all Americans, and helping people return to work and students return to school.
He revitalized the U.S. participation in NATO and supported Ukraine vs. Putin.
He recognized climate change and rejoined the rest of the world in battling its effects.
He appointed the first Black female Supreme Court justice.
He initiated projects to improve the nation’s crumbling infrastructure.
He oversaw the U.S. economy’s rebound from the pandemic.
The list goes on.
But, best of all, he stopped the daily flow of lies that had been streaming from the White House.
Cindy Kaplan, West Warwick
Better compensation for doctors
What is happening to the health-care system in America? The quality of care seems to be diminishing. One of the reasons is the abysmally poor salaries we pay to our medical residents and fellows, doctors who have already spent years in medical school and are now honing their skills in hospitals throughout the country.
The problem is especially acute in Rhode Island where these young doctors are paid an average of less than $70,000 per year at our hospitals (“Resident doctors make union bid,” News, Nov. 21).
How can these doctors’ patients and hospital management expect them to excel while trying to survive on such meager wages for four to seven years of residency and fellowship, especially with the high cost of housing in Rhode Island and with their average quarter-million-dollar student loan debts?
The only thing that keeps at bay the hounds who are constantly calling for the nationalization of our health-care system is that our country provides the best medical care in the world. Nationalization would destroy our system as it has done in the UK and Canada.
Poor pay and overly arduous working conditions foisted upon residents and fellows in the U.S. will lead to fewer quality doctors entering the profession. Nationalization will eventually follow.
I have opposed unions in the past, but when we pay our young doctors less than what we pay electrical and plumbing apprentices, something is terribly wrong.
If we want our citizens to continue receiving the world’s best medical care, we better start properly compensating residents and fellows and allowing them a bit of time off. Otherwise, they will enter other professions and the quality of medical care in America will deteriorate to that provided by nationalized health systems.
Lonnie Barham, Warwick
Saving RI’s forests
Many environmentalists are concerned about the upcoming administration being filled with individuals who do not take climate change seriously. While, unfortunately, these next four years will probably take us backwards in the fight against climate change, we can still protect the environment here in Rhode Island.
Currently, Rhode Island is the only state in New England with no protected forests on state-owned land. Rare and endangered species are threatened due to their habitats being destroyed by DEM and solar developers through forest clear-cutting.
By joining the Save Rhode Island’s Forests Campaign, you can help in the effort to get legislation passed to create laws to finally protect our state forests and endangered species. In Rhode Island, you can save the environment.
Nathan Cornell, Warwick
The writer is president of the Rhode Island Old Growth Tree Society.
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Police recover watch belonging to Travis Kelce in Rhode Island following break-in of his mansion: report
A watch belonging to Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce was reportedly found over 1,000 miles away from his Kansas mansion that was broken into last month.
The homes of Kelce and teammate Patrick Mahomes were burglarized last month shortly before one of their games — Kelce’s house is in Leawood, Kansas, while Mahomes’ residence is in nearby Belton, Missouri.
The watch was recovered in Providence, Rhode Island, where Kelce’s girlfriend, pop star Taylor Swift, also owns a home.
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Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce looks on during the game against the San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on Oct. 20. (Michael Owens/Getty Images)
NFL players were cautioned by the league to be on high alert after the homes were broken into last month in a wave of burglaries reportedly tied to international organized crime. It was eventually revealed that $20,000 in cash was taken from Kelce’s home.
In a memo obtained by The Associated Press, the NFL issued a security alert to teams and the NFL Players Association, warning that professional athletes in different sports have become “increasingly targeted for burglaries by organized and skilled groups.”
Law enforcement officials say the suspects conduct extensive surveillance on their targets’ homes and have even posed as groundskeepers or joggers. Some have even attempted home deliveries.
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, left, and quarterback Patrick Mahomes, right, wait to lead their team onto the field before the preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, on Aug. 10. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
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The memo urged players to take special precautions, including installing home security systems. They were also encouraged not to post live updates of their comings and goings on social media or showcase their expensive items online.
“Obviously, it’s frustrating, disappointing. I can’t get into too many of the details because the investigation is still ongoing, but, obviously, it’s something that you don’t want to happen to really anybody, but obviously yourself,” Mahomes said last week.
Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs looks on before kickoff of the game against the New Orleans Saints at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on Oct. 7. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)
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The Chiefs suffered their first loss of the season on Sunday, falling to the Buffalo Bills after winning their first nine games.
Fox News’ Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.
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