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Driving Global Warming: Commuting in Rhode Island and its Contribution to Global Warming
Publication Date: January 2006
Publisher(s): Clean Water Fund (Washington, D.C.); Rhode Island Public Interest Research Group Education Fund
Author(s): Tony Dutzik; Mary Braun; Matt Auten; Sheila Dormody
Funder(s): Energy Foundation; John Merck Fund; Oak Foundation USA; Pew Charitable Trusts
Funder(s): Energy Foundation; John Merck Fund; Oak Foundation USA; Pew Charitable Trusts
Topic: Environment (Weather and climate)
Transportation (Urban transport)
Keywords: transportation; transit; land use
Type: Report
Coverage: Rhode Island
Abstract:
Transportation is the leading source of global warming emissions in Rhode Island and the trips that state residents make to and from work are a major contributor to the problem. Driving Global Warming documents the impact of commuting on global warming emissions in Rhode Island, identifies towns whose commuters produce the greatest emissions and suggests policy solutions that can reduce the region's contribution to global warming.