{"id":60299,"date":"2012-08-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uris-ocean-state-clean-cities-to-hold-forum-sept-6-on-reducing-petroleum-consumption\/"},"modified":"2012-08-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-22T00:00:00","slug":"uris-ocean-state-clean-cities-to-hold-forum-sept-6-on-reducing-petroleum-consumption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2012\/08\/uris-ocean-state-clean-cities-to-hold-forum-sept-6-on-reducing-petroleum-consumption\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Ocean State Clean Cities to hold forum Sept. 6 on reducing petroleum consumption"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"press-release-import\">\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 August 22, 2012 \u2013 The Ocean State Clean Cities Coalition at the 溏心vlog免费B站 will hold a stakeholder meeting on September 6 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. to discuss the goals of the Rhode Island Petroleum Savings and Independence Advisory Commission and seek ideas for reducing petroleum consumption in the state.  The meeting will provide an overview of the commission and its broad energy goals, with an emphasis on transportation sector issues.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe event will be held at the offices of the R.I. Department of Environmental Management, 235 Promenade St., Providence.  It is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe Petroleum Savings and Independence Advisory Commission was established this year by the General Assembly to make recommendations on how to reduce petroleum-based fuel consumption in Rhode Island and decrease the state\u2019s emissions of greenhouse gases.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\u201cThis forum is intended to engage potential stakeholders to learn more about the goals and vision of the commission and to exchange ideas for making it as effective as possible,\u201d said Wendy Lucht, coordinator of the Ocean State Clean Cities Coalition.  \u201cWe have a lot to do to meet the state\u2019s target of reducing petroleum consumption by 30 percent by 2030 and by 50 percent by 2050.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe discussion will be moderated by Robert Morton, president of the board of Clean Cities and a founder of Newport Biodiesel.  Part of the meeting will consist of a panel discussion featuring Marion Gold, administrator of the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources; Channing Jones, field associate for Environment Rhode Island; state representative Deborah Ruggiero; and state senator Lou DiPalma.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nThose with a professional interest in petroleum reduction, especially in the transportation sector, are encouraged to attend.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tOne of 87 such coalitions around the country, the Ocean State Clean Cities Coalition receives programmatic support from the 溏心vlog免费B站 Energy Center and has been promoting alternative fuels in Rhode Island since 1998.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tFor additional information about the Clean Cities Coalition or the September 6 meeting, contact Wendy Lucht at 401-874-2792 or wlucht@uri.edu.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 August 22, 2012 \u2013 The Ocean State Clean Cities Coalition at the 溏心vlog免费B站 will hold a stakeholder meeting on September 6 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. to discuss the goals of the Rhode Island Petroleum Savings and Independence Advisory Commission and seek ideas for reducing petroleum consumption in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60299\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}