In record time following Gov. Baker’s veto of a best-in-nation climate bill at the end of the 2020 legislative session, the Legislature has re-enacted the very same bill and sent it back to him.
For climate hopes, this is resurrection day — courtesy, I might add, of an exceptional collaboration between Senate President Karen Spilka and House Speaker Ron Mariano.
It isn’t often that major legislation leaps lightly across time from one session to the next. ‘Starting all over again’ is usually a demoralizing experience, but instead the President and the Speaker are raising everyone’s spirits. And around climate change policy, no less, which needs to pick up the pace around here. So they’re choosing their spots well.
If we keep up the pressure, we will get this important work done.