After passing a landmark climate law, Mass. officials now face the hard part: how to wean the state off fossil fuels
By David Abel Globe Staff,Updated April 6, 2021, 1 hour ago
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Over the coming decades, the stateâs largest utilities have plans to spend billions of dollars upgrading a vast network of aging pipes and mains that distribute natural gas, after billions theyâve already spent in recent years.
But much of those plans clash with a landmark bill that Governor Charlie Baker signed last month that requires the state to effectively eliminate its carbon emissions by 2050.