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A crucial bill to address climate change and advance environmental justice in the Commonwealth is waiting to be signed by Governor Baker before midnight on January 14 (just HOURS left!). This bill, "An Act Creating a Next-Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy" (S2995), is
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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
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Kristy Dahl, senior climate scientist | December 18, 2020, 6:57 pm EDT
Updated 1/4/2021 at 2:28 pm to clarify language in paragraph 16.
In early January of this year, fresh off the experience of writing a year-end blog post for 2019, I started a project that I thought would make writing this year’s year-end post easier. I created a little 2020 calendar on which I planned to record the one big thing that happened in the climate change space each day. In my mind I called it “The Daily Big Deal,” and I could envision myself sitting here, as I am, on December 17, reviewing the year’s climate-related events and deftly knitting them together in the blog post equivalent of a beautiful scarf made of reclaimed yarn. Or an ugly sweater. Or whatever.
Will Congress Let Clean Energy Momentum Stall Out During COVID?
Rob Cowin, director of gov t affairs, Climate & Energy | December 14, 2020, 2:49 pm EDT
Like most of you I’ve been disappointed in Congress’s inability to provide humane relief for Americans struggling to get through the worst pandemic in our history. And while vaccines are around the corner, we know it will be several months before they get to everyone who needs it In the meantime, many communities lack access to healthcare and clean water, and face worsening challenges with energy and housing affordability. So, prioritizing our most vulnerable communities and these basic human needs is essential if and when Congress does move a COVID relief package.
The clean energy transition has some strong momentum right now, and removing obstacles that hinder the transition will allow us to see the benefits of renewable energy much more quickly.