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Climate and environmental activists made clear Wednesday that they feel they have a real ally in Gov. Maura Healey and sent a direct message to the new administration's climate chief: it's time to get to work.
Massachusetts could become the first state in the nation to create a climate chief on the governor's Cabinet.
Massachusetts will become the first state in the nation to create a climate chief on the governor's Cabinet, and Gov.-elect Maura Healey on Monday plans to fill that slot with EPA Principal Deputy General Counsel Melissa Hoffer.
According to the Healey administration, Massachusetts is the first state in the country to establish a cabinet-level "climate chief" position like this.