Malloy commits CT to coalition of states reducing transportation emissions

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has announced that Connecticut will join the Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI), a coalition of Northeast states that will collaborate in 2019 on proposals to address the problems related to transportation-related emissions.

“States are the incubators of great ideas,” said Malloy about the TCI. “By working collaboratively across state lines to develop a solution to curb transportation emissions, Connecticut, along with other forward-thinking states, will design and demonstrate effective policies, so that when the federal government stops listening to coal lobbyists and returns to listening to scientists, there will be a path forward to address climate change on a national basis.”

In addition to Connecticut, the TCI includes Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and the District of Columbia.

The governor”™s announcement coincided with the release of the final set of recommendations from the Governor”™s Council on Climate Change (GC3), which focus on zero-carbon electricity generation, clean transportation and green buildings. The GC3 was created by Malloy in 2015 through an executive order and has set a 2050 goal of achieving an 80 percent reduction of the 2001 levels in the state”™s greenhouse gas emissions.