DEM report: R.I. must speed up lowering carbon emissions to meet Act on Climate mandates • Rhode Island Current

DEM report: R.I. must speed up lowering carbon emissions to meet Act on Climate mandates • Rhode Island Current

Traffic backs up on Interstate 195 West at Route 114 in East Providence at 5:15 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. Transportation remains the biggest source of Rhode Island’s carbon emissions. (Rhode Island Department of Transportation Traffic Camera)Rhode Island needs to put the pedal to the metal on its clean energy transition — while reducing its reliance on driving  — if it wants to achieve its own decarbonization mandates, according to a new re…