TCI Regional Policy Design Stakeholder Submissions

Please make it a priority to act to reduce green house gases as soon as possible. The Fossil Fuel Industry not only is responsible for Global Warming, but contributes to degrade public health, from extraction, production and utilization. Please support the TCI. In addition, I have a family member who has asthma induced to life-threatening levels with exhaust. Pollution kills.

PLEASE, Governor Scott, join the Transportation and climate initiative. First of all, it addresses the main problem our generation must solve for our descendants and the world. We should be willing to spend big to solve it, but I believe that this particular initiative will actually pay for itself, that the structure of TCI will return any increase in fuel prices back to all of us ten-fold – through initiatives that promote low emitting transportation and by helping low income Vermonters – just as RGGI has done. So you need not fear it will damage Vermont's economy. In fact, NOT solving our climate crisis would eventually ruin it entirely.

This is a good start. Please also invest in and build infrastructure that reduces carbon emissions radically. There is no time to lose. Thank you

We can cut poverty and pollution at the same time. We urge you to move forward with a regional program that prioritizes the needs of communities overburdened with pollution and underserved in mobility options.

I support TCi as I believe it would encourage more people to want to live and work in Pennsylvania. We have an opportunity to take a leadership position in transportation as it relates to climate which can spur innovation and jobs.

Transportation is the country’s and region’s leading source of carbon emissions so it is imperative that Pennsylvania join the Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI) to clean this sector up. Joining TCI is critical step to improving transportation and addressing the climate crisis in Pennsylvania.

If designed correctly, this program could help to create safe roads for biking and walking, more frequent and reliable public transportation, greater access to electric vehicles, and a more equitable system with cleaner transportation options for everyone in the region.

Connecticut’s largest GHG emitter is the transportation sector. And the state has a goal to reduce GHG by 45% by 2030. Thank you for that. But we can’t do this alone.

Please formally join the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI), which will cap GHG emissions and place a fee on fossil fuel imports in the transportation sector (cap and trade). Fairfield County (in which I live) is in the lowest 5% of counties in the US for air quality. These GHG aren'’t all from Fairfield County emissions…air blows from other states.

Thank you for what you have done thus far, with regards climate change action and the regional design process. Now you must take action to set aggressive GHG emissions caps. I know you will get push-back, but don’t give in. The children of CT are relying on you. In fact, we all are. This is no longer a future problem. The problem is NOW. And I know you realize this.

And please keep equity at the forefront of your mind when you set into action these goals. Too often the less affluent communities are not considered. After all, Bridgeport, the largest and poorest city in CT is also in Fairfield County.

I am a retired scientist and vice chair of the Board of Supervisors for the Hancock Co Soil & Water Conservation District. The District is involved in helping to write Ellsworth's Green Plan, and we do other environmental and climate resilience projects. I support the Transportation Climate Initiative. We need to transition as quickly as possible away from fossil fuels, and in Maine, transportation is a large part of the fossil fuel problem. We need good policy at the state level and support for public and private transitions to green energy. Most people lack the financial capacity to make this transition on our own. So government at every level, state, county, and municipal need to have their own climate plans and need to provide financial support for energy transitions.