BOSTON Though only Massachusetts and three of the 13 state and city governments that had been part of discussions around creating a regional effort to staunch vehicle emissions along the East Coast agreed Monday to be part of the program from the get-go, Gov. Charlie Baker said it is a pretty good place to start.
Twelve states and Washington, D.C. began the process more than two years ago of developing a regional cap-and-invest program to reduce carbon pollution from cars and trucks and generate the resources needed to expand clean transit options and improve public health. On Monday, the leaders of four jurisdictions Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Washington, D.C. signed on to be the program s initial members.
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Convenience Stores Prioritized for Vaccine Distribution
CDC committee recommends frontline essential workers for next-round access to COVID-19 shots.
December 21, 2020
WASHINGTON The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted yesterday to recommend that frontline essential workers including employees in the convenience store industry be next in line to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. In their recommendations for the second phase, Phase 1-B of vaccination distribution, the committee prioritized frontline essential workers and adults older than age 75 years. Yesterday’s vote follows the CDC’s recommendation for the first phase, Phase 1-A, that prioritized health-care professionals and long-term care facility residents.
Retail Fuels Industry Urges Northeastern States to Refrain from Adopting TCI
Groups Urge States to Focus on Policies That Achieve More Meaningful Environmental Benefits
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Three trade groups representing the retail fuels industry NATSO, representing the nation s truckstops and travel plazas, the National Association of Convenience Stores and the Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America today encouraged Northeastern states to reconsider the regional Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) and instead focus on climate change policies that will achieve more meaningful environmental benefits without imposing exorbitant costs on low- and middle-income Americans.