Almost a month after Gov. Charlie Baker returned sweeping climate legislation to lawmakers with a series of recommended amendments, House Speaker Ronald Mariano said he s willing to work with the governor on some technical changes but will not back down on our ambitious emissions reduction targets.
The bill â which the House and Senate passed for the second time in January after Baker rejected a version sent to him in the final days of the last legislative session â proposes to lock the state into its goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, set interim emission reduction targets, establish appliance energy efficiency standards, authorize additional purchases of offshore wind power and codify protections for environmental justice communities, among other measures.