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July 21, 2022 By Lily Barrett

Massachusetts lawmakers OK compromise climate change bill – AP News

State Rep. Jeff Roy and State Sen. Mike Barrett, both Democrats, helped hammer out the compromise, combining elements of legislation approved separately by the House and Senate.

“Massachusetts needs to open up huge new sources of green electric power if it’s to stay on course for reducing emissions,” the two said in a joint statement. “Today’s compromise aims to ramp up clean power, especially offshore wind but also solar, storage and networked geothermal, and run it through cars, trucks, buses, and buildings, the biggest sources of emissions in the state.”

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Massachusetts just passed a massive climate and clean energy bill

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Massachusetts needs to open up huge new sources of green electric power if it’s to stay on course for reducing emissions. The compromise aims to ramp up clean power, especially offshore wind but also solar, storage and networked geothermal, and run it through cars, trucks, buses, and buildings, the biggest sources of emissions in the state. ... See MoreSee Less

Governor should sign climate bill that would end gas-powered car sales in 2035 - The Boston Globe

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State Senator for Bedford Carlisle Chelmsford Concord Lincoln Waltham Weston and large parts of Lexington and Sudbury Senate Chair of the Committee on Energy

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There’s plenty more to do, but nothing motivates like success.



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Right back at you, @jeffroy. And now we wait.

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Grateful to my Senate co-chair @senatorbarrett for his thoughtful collaboration in helping to produce a bill that ensures that Massachusetts is poised to restore its position as the national leader on offshore wind and clean energy.

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Monday morning, 8am. We’ve been in continuous session since 11 am yesterday morning. A very strong climate bill for MA, the second in as many years, is now on the Governor’s desk. There is something literal to this, in that the final step a bill takes out of the Legislature…
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Governor should sign climate bill that would end gas-powered car sales in 2035 - The Boston Globe

The climate bill that the Legislature sent to Governor Baker looks very different from the one he submitted. Still, he should sign it.

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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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