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April 15, 2022 By Lily Barrett

Senate passes big climate bill focused on getting to net-zero – WBUR.org

“Last year’s climate bill was about laying out a plan for tackling this formidable challenge of climate change. This year, in this legislation, we propose to begin to execute on the plan. If you like metaphors, last year was about laying out a roadmap, today we start traveling down the road. That’s why this is all about implementation,” Barrett, a Lexington Democrat, said on the Senate floor. “I am happy beyond measure, I am so happy, that this Senate has the courage to move beyond roadmapping and beyond laying out a template and is in favor of getting to the question of implementation and execution.”

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April 8, 2022 By Lily Barrett

Senate plan pours $250 million into decarbonization movement with focus on transportation, energy – WickedLocal.com

Where the 2021 law “was and is about laying benchmarks,” the new bill “is about doing what needs to be done to hit those benchmarks,” said Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy Committee Co-chair Sen. Michael Barrett.

The bill would use $100 million to create a Clean Energy Investment Fund, allocate $100 million to incentivize adoption of electric vehicles, and deploy $50 million to build out electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

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April 7, 2022 By Lily Barrett

‘The most important issue of our time’: Mass. Senate unveils climate change legislation for electric vehicles, all-electric buildings – MassLive.com

“We know climate change is relentless, so Massachusetts needs to be relentless, too,” Barrett said. “No one’s going to give us an ‘A’ for effort — what matters are results. An Act Driving Climate Policy Forward pushes back against global warming on multiple fronts, with an emphasis on innovation and smart experimentation.”

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March 17, 2022 By Lily Barrett

Mass. is drafting a new climate-friendly building code. Here’s what you need to know – WBUR News

Barrett, one of the chief architects of the Climate Act & a strong proponent of decarbonization, told WBUR that the Legislature’s intent was to allow “vanguard communities” like Brookline, Concord, Lexington, & Arlington to take the lead & experiment.

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January 11, 2022 By Lily Barrett

Offshore wind policy fight takes center stage – CommonWealth Magazine

Sen. Michael Barrett of Lexington has outlined his position previously — that reaching the state’s emission goals hinges on electrification of transportation and heating and low electricity prices make that task possible — but the footnoted letter dived into the details.

Barrett said the state’s procurements have attracted respectable onshore economic development — including the promise of a transmission cable factory at Brayton Point in Somerset — while keeping the price of offshore wind electricity well below the price in every other state. He noted Massachusetts prices have been 43 percent, 68 percent, and 100 percent less than similar deals in New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey, respectively.

Removing the cap, Barrett said, would put Massachusetts at the mercy of a handful of offshore wind companies that he described as an oligopoly. “We can’t count on competition to substitute for a price cap,” he said.

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If the Court reverses Roe, it will be its most consequential opinion of the past 50 yrs & leave a permanent stain on the institution. We will be dealing with the implications—the personal ones for families & the political ones for the country—for decades.

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It was amazing to share the excitement with the @DrivingMA4ward coalition today as the @MA_Senate announced it will announced it will debate the Work & Family Mobility Act next week! Thank you to everyone who has worked so hard and so long to see this bill advance #mapoli

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Today at 2pm: a @BostonGlobe Sustainability Week Zoom discussion of our latest @BarrFdn climate poll, with:

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Learn more about the results of this poll tomorrow in a virtual Sustainability Week event moderated by @dharnanoor with input from @MassINC, @BarrettSenate, @Staci__Rubin, and @MariaBelenPower: https://climatechangeinmassachusetts.splashthat.com/social https://twitter.com/shankman/status/1516350735239323654

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The scale and urgency of the climate crisis may be rising, but when @MassINCPolling asked Mass. residents about the issue, they found that fewer people said it was a "very serious" issue than in a poll 3 years ago. So what's going on? w/ @dharnanoor https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/04/19/science/earths-temperature-rises-massachusetts-residents-sense-urgency-climate-change-declines/?event=event25

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Mike Barrett

State Senator | Democrat | 3rd Middlesex District MA

Bedford, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Lincoln,
Waltham, Weston, and large parts of Lexington and Sudbury

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