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Massachusetts Bill Aims To Mandate 100% Renewable Energy By 2035
https://www.merryjane.com/news/massachusetts-100-percent-renewable-energy-measure[font face=Serif][font size=5]Massachusetts Bill Aims To Mandate 100% Renewable Energy By 2035[/font]
[font size=4]The new measure would require the state to make the full transition to renewable energy, eliminating fossil fuels from the heating and transport sector.[/font]
[font size=3]While Massachusetts is in the midst of concocting their recreational cannabis system, lawmakers have been also been pushing to make the state more “green” in other ways.
A trio of Democratic lawmakers in Massachusetts recently proposed a bill that would require the state to use 100 percent renewable energy by 2035. The measure, Bill SD.1932, would also work to eliminate fossil fuel dependency from the heating and transport sectors.
The aggressive goal expands upon the previously passed Massachusetts Global Warming Solutions Act, a more modest mission to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80% by 2050. Not only will the latest measure aim to limit global warming, it will also create a wide range of jobs in solar, offshore wind, energy efficiency, and more.
Massachusetts has already mandated 1,600 MW of offshore wind, and the new measure will attempt to expand the health and environmental benefits. The progressive bill was introduced by Rep. Sean Garballey (D-Arlington), Rep. Marjorie Decker (D-Cambridge), and Senator Jamie Eldridge (D-Acton).
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[font size=4]The new measure would require the state to make the full transition to renewable energy, eliminating fossil fuels from the heating and transport sector.[/font]
[font size=3]While Massachusetts is in the midst of concocting their recreational cannabis system, lawmakers have been also been pushing to make the state more “green” in other ways.
A trio of Democratic lawmakers in Massachusetts recently proposed a bill that would require the state to use 100 percent renewable energy by 2035. The measure, Bill SD.1932, would also work to eliminate fossil fuel dependency from the heating and transport sectors.
The aggressive goal expands upon the previously passed Massachusetts Global Warming Solutions Act, a more modest mission to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80% by 2050. Not only will the latest measure aim to limit global warming, it will also create a wide range of jobs in solar, offshore wind, energy efficiency, and more.
Massachusetts has already mandated 1,600 MW of offshore wind, and the new measure will attempt to expand the health and environmental benefits. The progressive bill was introduced by Rep. Sean Garballey (D-Arlington), Rep. Marjorie Decker (D-Cambridge), and Senator Jamie Eldridge (D-Acton).
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