Climate-Change Activists Like Baker’s Net-Zero Emissions Goal, But Skeptics Are Counting the Cost

Climate-Change Activists Like Baker’s Net-Zero Emissions Goal, But Skeptics Are Counting the Cost

During his State of the Commonwealth address on Tuesday night, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker set a lofty goal for net-zero carbon emissions in 30 years without a plan to do it. Reactions are mixed.

Baker's pledge is more ambitious than the one then-Governor Deval Patrick made in 2008. Patrick called for an 80 percent reduction by 2050, a goal set forth in the state's Global Warming Solutions Act of 2008.

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Rhode Island Second-Worst State To Drive In, Massachusetts Worst Traffic, Study Finds

Matthew McDonald

Rhode Island is one of the worst states to drive in, according to a recent study conducted by WalletHub

The study ranked each of the 50 states in the United States and found that Rhode Island was the worst to drive in among those on the North American continent. It ranked 49th of the 50 states. Only Hawaii ranked lower on the list. 

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