The Senate overwhelmingly passed a package of climate bills in January that called for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, and set deadlines for the state to impose carbon-pricing mechanisms for transportation, commercial buildings and homes. The House, which had earlier passed a $1.3 billion climate adaptation bill, in July passed its response to the main Senate proposal, addressing the 2050 emissions reduction roadmap, solar energy net metering, grid modernization, workforce development, energy efficiency, and municipal electric and light plant clean energy targets.
Eighty-one state lawmakers rang in 2019 and the start of the current two-year legislative session by resolving to pursue a suite of climate policies, including moving the state to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. At the start of 2020, Gov. Charlie Baker, House Speaker Robert DeLeo and Senate President Karen Spilka all declared their support for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 on the same day in January. But that sha
With the time left to make a deal ticking away and other matters jockeying for attention, climate policy advocates are mounting an effort one group declared it "an all-out
Activists Press State House To Finish Climate Bill Before Jan. 5 Deadline
The Massachusetts House and Senate have passed competing versions of legislation to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
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December 24, 2020
With the time left to make a deal ticking away and other matters jockeying for attention, climate policy advocates are mounting an effort one group declared it an all-out offensive to keep pressure on the group of lawmakers negotiating a climate bill to produce a final product soon.
Three senators and three representatives were appointed in early August to reconcile the differences between climate bills passed by the Senate and House earlier this session, but no compromise agreement has been reached almost five months later and time will run out when the session ends Jan. 5.