As part of a new climate bill state lawmakers passed this summer, a number of Massachusetts communities will be allowed to ban fossil fuels from new construction. Legislators say Wu waited too long to get Boston in line to be one of the communities and risks seeing other municipalities, such as Cambridge, get picked instead.
“Boston’s only real leadership opportunity lies in pioneering emissions reductions in buildings, and now it’s at risk of being eclipsed by the city of Cambridge and other Massachusetts municipalities willing to get out front,” said state Senator Michael Barrett, a Democrat from Lexington who was one of the lead negotiators of the new climate bill.
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