Massachusetts
The Commission on Energy Infrastructure Siting and Permitting issued detailed recommendations to state lawmakers as they consider significant revisions to state processes for developing energy projects.
Groups emphasize the negative effects existing permitting and siting procedures have had on vulnerable populations in the state.
A new report finds that the impact of offshore wind development on an endangered whale species in a key ecosystem will be hard to distinguish from the ongoing impacts of climate change.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order creating a state Commission on Clean Energy Infrastructure Siting and Permitting.
The first electricity is expected to flow from the landmark offshore Vineyard Wind 1 project this year.
Maura Healey is focusing on climate in the race to replace Charlie Baker as Massachusetts governor.
Many are disappointed that a proposed net-zero building code for Massachusetts does not allow municipalities to ban fossil-fuels in new construction.
An MIT professor told Mass. legislators that the state needs a policy solution for long development delays from clean energy infrastructure opposition.
Governor Charlie Baker has directed government agencies in Massachusetts to purchase only zero-emission vehicles starting next year.
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