Massachusetts Bill Would Undo Climate Goals And Cut Efficiency Spending

Massachusetts Bill Would Undo Climate Goals And Cut Efficiency Spending

Massachusetts lawmakers have advanced an energy-affordability bill that opponents say would undo years of work on policies to fight climate change and promote energy efficiency, all without actually saving consumers much money.

House climate bill is a big step backward

MASSACHUSETTS IS KNOWN as a leader in clean energy and climate action. Our policies have lowered emissions, created jobs, and helped families save money on energy. But a bill currently under consideration in the House of Representatives on Beacon Hill threatens to undo that progress and would be a damaging mistake for our state.   This bill, proposed by Rep. Mark Cusack, the co-chair of the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Ut…

Massachusetts weighs bill that would scale back climate goals

Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a bill that environmentalist critics say would dramatically weaken the commonwealth’s goals for limiting climate change, undoing years of work on policies aimed at slashing greenhouse gas emissions.  This bill was put forth by Democratic state Rep. Mark Cusack earlier this month with the intention of controlling soaring energy prices while also taking a realistic look at the state’s emissions reduction goa…

House committee advances bill to scale back Massachusetts’ climate targets - The Boston Globe

A bill in the Massachusetts House would weaken the state's climate target and cut funding for its energy-efficiency program, Mass Save.

Massachusetts bill would undo climate goals and cut efficiency…

Massachusetts lawmakers have advanced an energy-affordability bill that opponents say would undo years of work on policies to fight climate change and promote energy efficiency, all without actually saving consumers much money. “The bill is retreating from a couple of decades of climate progress in Massachusetts,”…

Sweeping energy bill in House paused amid pushback

BOSTON — A House committee plans to remove a contentious proposal to ease Massachusetts’ mandatory 2030 climate target from an energy affordability bill, and the House will likely not take up the bill before formal sessions end for the year on Wednesday, according to the House budget chief. The 2030 limit — a legally binding requirement enacted in a 2021 climate law — obligates Massachusetts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% bel…