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9/27/2024
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Media Advisory: New Climate Change Impacts Commission to hold inaugural meeting Tuesday
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STATE HOUSE – A new House commission to study the impacts of climate change and solutions to mitigate them has been appointed and is scheduled to have its first meeting Tuesday.
The Legislative Study Commission on Climate Change Impacts and Solutions is scheduled to meet Tuesday, Oct. 1, at 2 p.m. in Room 101 on the first floor of the State House.
The meeting includes the election of a chairperson, introduction of commission members, a discussion of the commission’s enabling legislation and a discussion of suggestions for future presentations.
The meeting will be televised by Capitol Television on Cox Communications, channels 15 and 61 for high definition; i3 Broadband (formerly Full Channel) on 15; and Verizon, on channel 34. Livestreaming is available at https://www.rilegislature.gov/CapTV/Pages/default.aspx.
Created by a resolution (2024-H 7731A) sponsored by Rep. Terri Cortvriend (D-Dist. 72, Portsmouth, Middletown), the commission is to study the numerous impacts of climate change, such as rising sea levels and their effects on coastal communities and the economic impacts of those effects. The commission is to examine potential adaptations the state could adopt to mitigate those impacts, such as beach nourishment projects, shoreline hardening and green infrastructure improvements and managed retreat.
Members of the commission include Representative Cortvriend; Rep. Tina L. Spears (D-Dist. 36, Charlestown, New Shoreham, South Kingstown, Westerly); House Minority Leader Michael W. Chippendale (R-Dist. 40, Foster, Glocester, Coventry); Department of Environmental Management Chief Resiliency Officer Kimberly Korioth; Division of Statewide Planning Associate Director Meredith Brady; Pam Rubinoff, associate coastal manager, coastal resilience at the University of Rhode Island Coastal Resources Center; Institute at Brown for Environment and Society Director Kim Cobb; Rhode Island Society of Environmental Professionals Secretary Rowan Hayes; URI Coastal Institute Director Dr. Elin Torell; Coastal Resources Management Council Policy Analyst Leah Feldman; Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank Executive Director William J. Fazioli; League of Cities and Towns Executive Director Ernest Almonte; Environmental Business Council of New England Chapter Chair Rick J. Mandile; Rhode Island Realtors Association Advocacy Manager Trevor Chasse; Rhode Island Builders Association Chief Executive Officer John V. Marcantonio; Rhode Island Rivers Council Director Alicia Schaffner; and Warwick Tax Assessor Neal Dupuis.
For more information, contact:
Meredyth R. Whitty, Publicist
State House Room 20
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 222-1923
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