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Boston’s newest answer to climate change? For one, more trees

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said a new city Forestry Division will plant more trees in the city both to fight climate change and improve public health.
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Biden to talk climate change in Massachusetts visit during heat wave with temps feeling above 100 degrees

President Joe Biden will visit Massachusetts on Wednesday, delivering remarks on climate change and energy policy at a former power plant.

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US must electrify municipal fleets, bolster transit and zero-emission car sales to reverse ‘public health disaster,’ Massachusetts nonprofit report says

Last April, as the COVID-19 pandemic forced an unprecedented lockdown, Americans came along for the ride in a climate science experiment.

As MA looks to reduce carbon emissions by 2050, can governor and legislature find common ground?

As MA looks to reduce carbon emissions by 2050, can governor and legislature find common ground?

The bill would have set higher interim targets than what the Baker administration called for to reduce emissions over the next three decades.
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Deal reached on major Massachusetts climate change bill
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Deal reached on major Massachusetts climate change bill

After six months of private talks, legislative negotiators on Sunday afternoon reached an agreement on a major bill to accelerate the state's pace toward addressing the global problem of climate change.

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Boston mayor announces roadmap to curb climate change, ramp up support for electric, zero-emission vehicles

Electric vehicle charging stations in every Boston neighborhood by 2023. Electric cars accounting for nearly a quarter of every vehicle purchase in the city by 2025 and the electrification and decarbonization of most of the municipal fleet over the next few decades.

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Why are we not talking more about the drought?

Images of streams, rivers, ponds, reservoirs and lakes throughout Massachusetts right now share the same message by and large: The state is in a drought, and it is bad.

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