Investing in Connecticut’s Transportation Future
This Acadia Center analysis illustrates the benefits of a new approach for Connecticut to reduce transportation pollution while improving the system to better meet its residents’ needs. The analysis shows that, if designed well, a regional cap-and-invest policy developed through the Transportation & Climate Initiative (TCI) could enable the state to make over $2.7 billion in crucial transportation investments by 2030, which would generate over 23,000 long-term jobs and $7 billion in economic activity.
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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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Statement on the New England Clean Energy Connect Transmission Line
Acadia Center's statement on the transmission line project proposed by Central Maine Power and selected by Massachusetts to satisfy a state law and bring hydroelectric power from Canada into New England.
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The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: Ten Years in Review
This report analyzes data since the launch of the country’s first multi-state carbon reduction program. The analysis shows that CO2 emissions from power plants in the RGGI states have fallen 90% faster than in the rest of country, while economic growth in the RGGI states has outpaced the rest of the country by 31%. The program has also driven substantial reductions in harmful co-pollutants, making the region’s air cleaner and its people healthier.
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Power plant emissions down 47% under the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Power plant emission reductions exceed those in rest of U.S. by 90% According to a 10-year report by the northeast regional advocacy group Acadia Center,
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Advocates say Massachusetts needs to do more to promote electric vehicles
“This is absolutely necessary,” said Jordan Stutt, carbon programs director at the Acadia Center, a climate change advocacy organization. “The MOR-EV program provides critical momentum
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Capitalizing on Climate Change
One might think that with so much money going to carbon allowances, energy prices in RGGI states would have increased, but a research study by the
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