ClimateVision 2020
Tracking Progress toward GHG Targets
ClimateVision 2020 takes stock of the progress towards reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in eight northeastern states. The opportunity for evaluation is ripe. New England is 12 years into the regional 2020 emissions reduction target originally adopted in 2001, and some northeastern states have met their own 2010 targets. Nearly all states aim to make further reductions by 2020 and significant, science-based reductions by 2050. To determine whether the Northeast is on course to meet these future targets, policymakers and the public need sound, analytical data. This report seeks to provide that information.
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The Declining Role of Natural Gas Power in New England
This report concludes that under current plans and laws, New England’s reliance on natural gas to fuel power plants could drop from 45% to approximately 10% of its electricity needs in 2030, making any investment in new gas pipelines or plants unnecessary and therefore costly.
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Clean Heating Pathways
In the Northeast, one quarter of greenhouse gas emissions come from heating equipment in buildings. This report sets out seven paths that states and cities can take to support adoption of clean heating technologies to reduce emissions and provide important benefits like lowering heating costs and eliminating health and safety risks of carbon monoxide poisoning and explosions.
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Advancing Energy Efficiency in Maine
This report advocates for energy efficiency as a key tool for helping Maine achieve its ambitious climate goals. The report provides recommendations—including supporting Efficiency Maine Trust programs, modernizing codes and standards, and undertaking regulatory reform for a clean and resilient grid—that will advance the state toward its clean energy goals and resulting consumer and energy system benefits.
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Massachusetts expands electric vehicle rebates to nonprofit, business fleets
Massachusetts has expanded its electric vehicle incentives to include nonprofit and business fleet vehicles, a move intended to maximize the environmental impact of the program
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E-Bikes: Another Path to Clean Mobility
Since 2015, the Massachusetts Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Commission has been working to expand access to non-polluting vehicles and chart a course towards a cleaner transportation
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Critics say Rhode Island report overlooks potential of heat pumps
That go-slow recommendation comes as some environmental groups are advocating for widespread heat pump adoption in the Northeast to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Acadia
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