Paul A. Roselli, standing, of the Burrillville Land Trust reads a letter to Janet Coit, far right, chair of the RI Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council, during the council’s June 24, 2019 meeting. Roselli - president of the Burrillville Land Trust (Secretary for the Civic Alliance for a Cooler Rhode Island) and a key figure in the power-plant opposition movement, wants the science advisory committee within the state Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council (EC4) to review DEM’s air-pollution permit process. Roselli said the Science and Technical Advisory Board (STAB) has the latest information on greenhouse-gas emissions from the Clear River Energy Center (CREC) and how it would impact state climate emission reduction goals and mitigation efforts.” With this review, the EC4/STAB can establish a working model for all major source emissions productions, now and in the future,” Roselli said. - (Photo and story by Tim Faulkner/ecoRI News)
CACRI editor’s note: Roselli’s RIDEM request used Title 42 Chapter 42-6.2 Section 42-6.2-2 number (1) to “assess, integrate, and coordinate climate change efforts throughout state agencies to reduce emissions” using CREC as a model. Terry Gray from RIDEM responded in a written letter, writing that time was up for a review of CREC’s emissions before the RIDEM Air Permit was finalized. There was no mention in Gray’s letter regarding using STAB to evaluate all state air permits to reduce emissions.