An overview of past and ongoing efforts to address public safety concerns in the Back Bay Fens.
Environment
airplane noise, carbon and climate, cell towers, land use issues, parks and recreation, pfas, waste/hazards, water issues
Massachusetts Legislature Passes $2.4 Billion Environmental Bond Bill
The Massachusetts Legislature voted today to pass a $2.4 Billion Environmental Bond Bill focused on improving climate change resiliency and adaptation; enhancing environmental and natural resource protection; and investing in parks and recreational assets.
Legislature Gives Clean Energy a Boost
On the last day of July, in the closing hours of the Legislature’s two-year session, negotiators for the Senate and House hammered out agreement
Why are we subsidizing dirty power & dangerous pipelines, not renewable energy?
Apparently the residents of Massachusetts are going to be charged $1 extra per month on their electricity bills for the next two years to subsidize an unprofitable, dirty power plant that isn’t even needed most of the year: Why?
Massachusetts Senate Passes Environmental Bond Bill
Today, the Massachusetts Senate passed H.4613, An Act promoting climate change adaptation, environmental and natural resource protection, and investment in recreational assets and opportunity, colloquially known as the ‘environmental bond bill.’
Clean Energy Future Act Passed By Senate
After a long day of debate, the Senate passed the Barrett-Pacheco omnibus energy bill last night — significant legislation to continue movement in Massachusetts towards a cleaner energy future.