Bills on climate change to be aired at Wednesday hearings

Posted 3/19/19

The Senate Committee on Environment and Agriculture is scheduled to meet Wednesday to hear testimony on legislation relating to climate change. The meeting will take place at the rise of the Senate (about 4:30 p.m.) in Room 211 on the second floor of the

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Bills on climate change to be aired at Wednesday hearings

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The Senate Committee on Environment and Agriculture is scheduled to meet Wednesday to hear testimony on legislation relating to climate change.

The meeting will take place at the rise of the Senate (about 4:30 p.m.) in Room 211 on the second floor of the State House.

The committee will hear the following bills:

  • 2019-S 0269 — This act, introduced by Sen. Erin Lynch Prata (D-Dist. 31, Warwick, Cranston), would establish the R.I. Coastal Adaptation Trust Fund. The trust would enable cities and towns and the state to apply for grants to fund projects that invest in measures that adapt infrastructure on public lands to address the impacts of climate change.
  • 2019-S 0404 — This resolution, introduced by Sen. V. Susan Sosnowski (D-Dist. 37, South Kingstown, New Shoreham), would create a 15-member special legislative commission to make a comprehensive study of the reorganization of the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council.
  • 2019-S 0412 — This act, introduced by Senator Lynch Prata, would establish the Ocean State Climate Adaptation and Resilience Fund, a fund which provides grants to fund projects that adapt infrastructure to address climate change; assess eligibility of projects, allocation, disbursements and the fund’s financing.

The Senate Committee on Environment and Agriculture is chaired by Senator Sosnowski.

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