Rex Wilmouth

Director, Environment Rhode Island. I am an avid golfer and watcher of sports.

[Rex Wilmouth @WilmouthRex]

"Rising out of the ocean like a middle finger to CO2!"

[Bart Tywoniuk @B4r7_]

Motherfucking wind farms…

[Rex Wilmouth @WilmouthRex]

Sick of beach pollution? Let’s tell officials to make our waterways #safe4swimming. You can still enjoy a clean, safe beach day if you take these five steps. https://t.co/aOoeyQIdl9
#environment #environmentri #ribeaches #ribeachclosures #beach #RhodeIslandHouseofRepresentatives

[Rex Wilmouth @WilmouthRex]

Last week I released our findings in our Safe for Swimming report which found 59% of our beaches in RI had fecal matter in the water in 2024. Back to enjoying the splash of waves at the beach, pollution is still plaguing too many of the places we swim. https://t.co/A5D0iYte48

[Rex Wilmouth @WilmouthRex]

Rex Wilmouth, Representative Michelle McGaw @MichelleMcgaw and the Environment Rhode Island canvassers held a press conference to protect the pollinators from neonic pesticides yesterday. For more information about the event and pollinators click here:
https://t.co/3oy2KregYL

[Rex Wilmouth @WilmouthRex]

@SenatorHick gets that the President's bill will hurt our clean energy progress. He is fighting to stop this bill. @SEIA, @windenergyUSA, @solarenergy. Listen to his video.

[Senator John Hickenlooper @SenatorHick]

The “Big Beautiful Bill” would drive up energy costs for American families by backtracking on our clean energy progress. We can’t let this happen.

[Rex Wilmouth @WilmouthRex]

Good to see our neighbors to the north in Mass updating their bottle bill. Here in RI our leaders of the House @RISpeaker and Senate Valerie Lawson want to study it more in RI. That is a tactic to kick the can down the road and not deal with the #waste and #litter in RI.

[Janet Domenitz @Janet_MASSPIRG]

In a time of so many intractable problems, a simple solution to #waste and #litter is right here---updating the #bottlebill . Grateful to @MarjorieDecker & Sen. Cindy Creem for being champs of the bill. #recycling #reuse

[Rex Wilmouth @WilmouthRex]

@EnvironmentRI released The State of Renewable Energy Dashboard. Tracking the growth of clean energy technology in all 50 states. @Rep_Magaziner @RepGabeAmo @projo @Globe_RI @JoeShekarchi @CBlazejewski @SenJackReed @SenWhitehouse
https://t.co/cgTCOCcNDW

[Rex Wilmouth @WilmouthRex]

In 2015, R.I. generated less than 1 percent of retail electricity sales from renewable energy sources. In 2024, wind and solar generated enough electricity to meet 20% of retail electricity sales in R.I., representing an increase of 3917% in total renewable energy production.

[Johanna Neumann @NeumannJo]

The sooner we power our lives with renewable energy, the better it will be for our health and our planet. Check out your state's story on the dashboard. https://t.co/Ry3TmJvNZ0 9/9

[Johanna Neumann @NeumannJo]

The number of electric vehicle charging ports nationwide exceeded 218,000 in 2024 – a six-fold increase from 2015 and a 24% increase from the year before. 8/9

[Johanna Neumann @NeumannJo]

There were nearly 3.3 million electric vehicles on American roads at the end of 2023 – a 25-fold increase from 2014. 7/9

[Johanna Neumann @NeumannJo]

America had 26 gigawatts of battery energy storage at the end of 2024, 89 times as much as in 2015 and 63% more than at the end of 2023, helping to support the use of more renewable energy and keep the lights on during extreme weather and times of grid stress. 6/9

[Johanna Neumann @NeumannJo]

America produced enough solar energy to power 28 million homes in 2024 – 7.7 times as much as in 2015, and enough wind energy to power more than 42 million typical homes – 2.4 times as much as in 2015. 5/9

[Johanna Neumann @NeumannJo]

Southeast states (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia) got nearly 27 times as much electricity from solar in 2024 as in 2015, producing enough electricity in 2024 to power more than 5.5 million average U.S. households. 4/9

[Johanna Neumann @NeumannJo]

Texas, California, Iowa, Oklahoma and Kansas were the top five states for total renewable energy generation in 2024. 15 states produced 30% or more of the electricity they used from renewables in 2024, up from just two in 2015. 3/9

[Johanna Neumann @NeumannJo]

Wind, solar and geothermal accounted for the equivalent of 19% of national retail electricity sales in 2024, up from 7% in 2015. South Dakota led all states by producing the equivalent of 92% of its retail electricity from wind, solar or geothermal. 2/9

[Johanna Neumann @NeumannJo]

Today @EnvAm and @FrontierGroupUS unveiled our State of Renewable Energy 2025 dashboard. Incorporating 2024 data, we show state-level growth of #wind, #solar, #EnergyStorage, #efficiency, #electricvehicles and EV charging. Core findings in this thread 1/9 https://t.co/Ry3TmJvNZ0

[Laura Deehan @lauracdeehan]

@RepDavidValadao Thank you for defending #CleanEnergy tax credits, help save Californians $$ on their tax bill by keeping these credits in place! @EnvCalifornia https://t.co/BrLjH8lzxm

[Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse]

Trump’s *never* lied about crowd sizes, so I’m thoroughly shocked that he’s claiming a “sweeping” mandate after a “landslide” election.

[Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse]

Every day of delay for offshore wind is a day of added sales for fossil gas.
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