“I hope it’s been a good summer for you. As we move into fall, I want to tell you what I’m working on.” ~ Senator Barrett
Highlights:
* “Massport sends out press releases about being climate-conscious — it trumpets going ‘net zero’ in its buildings by 2031 — but the greenhouse gas effect of new jet flight operations in and out of Hanscom will swamp anything it might do on the ground.”
* “In August, Sen. Will Brownsberger and I went to sea (for six hours, anyway) to inspect a massive new development — 62 individual ‘rigs,’ or turbines, spread out over 118 square miles of ocean — all of them designed to generate clean electricity for Massachusetts.”
* “For me and other local legislators, a highlight is an amendment I offered to appropriate $1 million to celebrate the upcoming 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, ignited in 1775 at the battles of Lexington and Concord.”
* “One of my most important jobs is to chair hearings on new ideas aimed at combating climate change. Together with my Vice Chair, Senator Mark Pacheco, I’ve taken testimony from hundreds of Massachusetts citizens on dozens of proposals — to promote clean energy, end the use of fossil fuels, green the heating of buildings, expand the electric grid, update the bottle bill, and more.”
Read The Barrett Report…