As the new year starts, the pieces may be coming together to pass my legislation to jump start the long term planning process to prepare for sea level rise and …
Carbon and Climate
building energy, divestment, emissions data, personal footprint, preparing for climate change, reducing emissions in ma, science and goals
Energy and Climate Overview
Movement to a clean energy economy is a moral priority — uncontrolled climate change threatens future generations. This is an area of deep continuing concern for me. In the current …
Natural gas: cost of extending service
Natural gas is getting cheaper and is projected to stay cheaper than oil for the foreseeable future, due to reserves discovered in New England and new techniques for extraction (the …
Transition to Clean Energy
Yesterday Senator Brownsberger testified before the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy in support of H2935 An Act to transition to a clean energy Commonwealth. This bill will hasten …
Timely Adoption of Greenhouse Gas Limits
Yesterday Senator Brownsberger testified before the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy in support of S1565, a bill he introduced to encourage progress towards the 2050 emissions targets laid …
S1565, An Act requiring the timely adoption of greenhouse gas emission limits for the year 2030
Senator Brownsberger submitted the following testimony to the Committee on Telecommunications, Energy and Utilities: TO: Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy FROM: Senator William N. …