Energy & Environment

Congressman Cicilline recognizes that climate change is one of the most serious threats of our lifetime and is working with his colleagues to ensure a clean, healthy planet for future generations. He is a supporter of the Green New Deal and has worked to bring home federal funding to support Rhode Island projects to clean up our environment and communities, including brownfields and coastal resiliency efforts.

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RI Delegation Announces $1.25 Million for Resiliency Upgrades Along Woonasquatucket River
December 6, 2022
Press Release
Providence, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced that the City of Providence and the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council have been awarded two grants totaling $1.25 million to strengthen resiliency and improve water and habitat quality along the Woonasquatucket River watershed.  The federal grant comes from the National Coastal Resilience Fund, which was developed by Whitehouse to restore and strengthen the natural infrastructure protecting coastal communities.
Issues: Energy & Environment Investing in Rhode Island
Federal Delegation Announces $63.8 Million to Cut Energy Costs for Rhode Islanders and Make Homes More Efficient
November 9, 2022
Press Release
Providence, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced a major $63.8 million allocation to allow the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources to stand up new home energy rebate programs included in Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act. The Inflation Reduction Act was passed by Democrats in Congress and signed into law by President Biden in August.
Issues: Consumer Protection: Combatting Price Gouging & Inflation Energy & Environment Investing in Rhode Island
Cicilline, Keating, Murphy, Merkley, Colleagues Call on Administration to Center Human Rights Ahead of COP27 in Egypt
November 2, 2022
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.-01), Chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa, and Global Counterterrorism, and U.S. Rep. Bill Keating (D-M.A.-09), Chairman of the U.S House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Energy, the Environment and Cyber, and U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Environment and Public Works Committees, led 52 of their colleagues in a letter to President Biden urging the Administration to raise human rights concerns with the Egyptian government ahead of COP27.
Issues: Energy & Environment Foreign Affairs
Cicilline: Inflation Reduction Act Builds on Economic Recovery
August 12, 2022
Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) today voted to pass the Inflation Reduction Act which will tackle inflation, address the climate crisis, and reduce costs for the American people. This bill builds on the economic recovery and progress spurred by the American Rescue Plan, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, and the CHIPS and Science Act. 

Issues: Energy & Environment Health & Health Care Jobs and the Economy
RI Delegation Announces $7.8 Million For Accessibility And Resiliency Upgrades To Providence Riverwalk And Waterplace Park
August 12, 2022
Press Release

Providence, RI – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced that the City of Providence has been awarded $7.8 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant program to support accessibility and design improvements and resiliency upgrades to the Providence Riverwalk and Waterplace Park.

Issues: Energy & Environment