Massachusetts is the latest state to drop out of the Transportation Climate Initiative, a multi-state collaboration to cut transportation sector emissions that has lost traction in recent months amid pandemic economic concerns and potential effects on already rising fuel prices.
The administration of Gov. Charlie Baker (R), a long-time proponent of the program, cited waning interest among participants among the reasons for cutting ties with an effort that initially attracted interest from more than a dozen northeast and Mid-Atlantic states and the District of Columbia.