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Two Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) electricity sector regulations, 310 CMR 7.74: Reducing CO2 Emissions from Electricity Generating Facilities and 310 CMR 7.75: Clean Energy Standard, require MassDEP to complete a program review by Dec. 31, 2021, and every 10 years thereafter. As an initial step in the review process, MassDEP is requesting comment on the scope of the review by May 31, with plans to consider these comments in mapping the next steps, including stakeholder meetings, collecting or developing information relevant to review of the programs and drafting regulatory language.
The regulations were promulgated in 2017 to address emissions from the electricity sector and ensure compliance with the emissions limits of the Massachusetts Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA). The first regulation, 310 CMR 7.74, includes annually declining emission limits from electric power plants and an al
My Turn: Support new forestry deal for state landowners PHOTO/CHELI MENNELLA PHOTO/CHELI MENNELLA
Published: 2/28/2021 7:04:39 AM
Massachusetts has 3.1 million acres of forest covering about 60% of the state. About 2 million acres of that forest land is owned by private landowners. Our forests are essential to: protect wildlife habitat; provide clean air and water; provide forest products that we all use; provide economic benefits and jobs sustained by the forest economy; and to help mitigate climate change. Forests in Massachusetts sequester 15% of the state’s annual carbon emissions annually but with good forest management we could increase that to as much as 25% while greatly reducing our use of imported fossil fuels making it easier to get to net zero carbon emissions by 2050.