State committee announces new climate bill
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State Sen. Mike Barrett and State Rep. Thomas Golden Jr. announced on Jan. 3 the Conference Committee on Climate has reached an agreement on An Act Creating a Next-Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy (S.2995).
Barrett and Golden Jr., the senate and house chairs, respectively, of the committee, also expressed gratitude to the other members of the committee State Sen. Cindy Creem, State Sen. Patrick O’Connor, State Rep. Pat Haddad and State Rep. Brad Jones.
The committee also announced their next step is to submit the recommended compromise to the respective chambers for their consideration and approval.
NORTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC STATES ADOPT THE TRANSPORTATION AND CLIMATE INITIATIVE PROGRAM
On 21 December 2020, the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, and the District of Columbia signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding the implementation of the Transportation and Climate Initiative Program (TCIP). The TCIP is a multi-jurisdictional collaboration that seeks to improve transportation networks, develop clean energy jobs, and reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector. The initiative intends to reach these goals through a “cap-and-invest” regime. Under the program, large gasoline and diesel fuel suppliers are required to purchase emissions “allowances.” The sale of emissions allowances is expected to generate US$300M annually. The revenues will be invested in less carbon-intensive fuels and more resilient transportation methods. For instance, the revenues may also be used to purchase electric school and transit buses, fund elec
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Massachusetts, Urge Gov. Baker to Sign Climate Bill
John Rogers, Senior energy analyst | January 8, 2021, 11:20 am EDT
Massachusetts’s next step on addressing climate change has made its way to Gov. Charlie Baker’s desk. The state legislature passed a solid climate-energy-justice bill this week that
needs the governor’s signature
now to become law. He should sign it, and needs to hear that from you.
We have a great bill…
Earlier this week, before incredible injustice and outrage and tragedy drew so much of our attention elsewhere, the Massachusetts legislature passed a strong piece of legislation on climate, clean energy, and environmental justice. While the bill was something we had hoped for and that many thousands of residents had demanded, the timing was unexpected. The “Act Creating a Next-Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy,” which brought tog