Precious metals make catalytic converters a tempting target
An evidence photograph shows underneath a vehicle where a catalytic converter is missing. Courtesy of the Chichester Police Department
Chichester Police Chief Pat Clark holds a catalytic converter outside the police headquaters on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. MELISSA CURRAN Monitor staff
Chichester Police Chief Pat Clark holds a catalytic converter outside the police headquarters on March 3. MELISSA CURRAN / Monitor staff
Keep an eye on your catalytic converter. Its days under your car might be numbered.
The police chiefs in Chichester and Concord know this. Both say reports of stolen catalytic converters – which contain a pair of precious metals – are on pace to top overall numbers from previous years in their jurisdictions.
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker vetoes climate bill that sets carbon emissions targets ahead of 2050
Updated Jan 14, 2021;
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker vetoed a bill Thursday night that would update the state’s carbon emissions goals, seeking to make the state “net neutral” by 2050.
The Republican governor, like Senate President Karen Spilka and House Speaker Ron Mariano, says he’s committed to getting the state’s carbon emissions to fall by 100% of 1990 levels over the next three decades. But he and legislative leaders ultimately disagreed on how to get there.
In a letter to lawmakers, Baker said he vetoed the bill in part because it would slow housing production, running contrary to the goals of the “housing choice” proposal within the economic development bill he signed into law Thursday. He also said the bill lacked tools local and state officials need to protect cities and towns against present-day natural disasters that can be traced back to climate chan