Easy version of this here. With the Trump administration denying climate change, we rely on our state leaders to protect families, workers and the planet by creating more affordability with more energy efficiency and more clean, renewable energy. The House moved in November on creating an energy affordability package, but paused because the Costly Climate-Rollback Bill (H.4744) took us in the wrong direction (see here and here for details on that). February’s House Energy Bil

ANALYSIS Things taken out from November we didn’t like (successes): No changes to the 2030 climate goals (a major win!) Removes the “pipeline tax” proposal which would allow electric bills to pay for gas infrastructure (another big win!) Policies we support: Curb toxic biomass! Ends MLP subsidies. Increased protections from predatory third-party suppliers A huge expansion of solar energy, including DOER (Department Of Energy Resources) authorization for 10 gigawatts of solar

Policy Priorities For MA House Energy Package 12/2025 The House moved in November on creating an energy affordability package, but paused because the Costly Climate-Rollback Bill (H.4744) took us in the wrong direction (see here and here for details on that). Now, we need to move beyond stopping legislation to passing truly transformative policies that build a clean, affordable future. We have three themes we ask you, legislators, to include, with policy lists and resou

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