Replies(2) "As a state with so much to lose, we cannot afford and have no excuse to be anything but totally committed to negating our carbon emissions," the bill's sponsor said. (Rachel Nunes/Patch ) PROVIDENCE, RI — Rhode Island is one step closer to taking bold action to reduce carbon emissions. On Tuesday, the Senate approved a bill that would update the state's climate-emission reduction goals, as well as make them enforceable. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Sawn Euer, who chairs the Senate's Environment and Agriculture committee. It builds upon the current climate goals outlined in the Resilient Rhode Island Act of 2014, making them more ambitious to align with current scientific evidence. Euer's bill calls for a plan to reduce all climate emissions from transportation, heating, electricty and buildings across the state's economy to the following benchmarks: