To pay for those big-ticket projects, the report suggests tapping a variety of federal funds, including the federal infrastructure bill, and it lays out a variety of tax proposals, including a gas tax increase or a potential tax on the amount of carbon released into the atmosphere.Climate Jobs Rhode Island is a coalition of labor unions and environmental groups that has been calling for state officials to spend federal and state funds to “decarbonize” public school buildings by shifting them from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources.“This science-backed report lays out how Rhode Island can take bold climate action that creates family-sustaining union jobs right in our communities, starting with front-line and environmental justice communities who are overburden by pollution,” said Priscilla De La Cruz, senior director of government affairs at the Audubon Society of Rhode…
Labor and environmental coalition calls for R.I. to transition to a clean energy economy
