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Press Release: Healey-Driscoll Administration Releases Climate Report Card
Report card notes progress in key areas and challenges ahead in reducing emissions
WWLP (via SHNS): Healey sketches out process to address coastal threats
Coastal Districts, Collaboration In Forecast For 2024
Press Release: Healey-Driscoll Administration Launches Statewide Coastal Resiliency Strategy
A new Chief Coastal Resilience Officer will lead the ResilientCoasts initiative, which will establish new Coastal Resilience Districts based on climate change impacts
CommonWealth Beacon: At Eversource, we’re shifting our approach to EJ communities
Digaunto Chatterjee, vice president for system planning at Eversource, explores why every voice deserves to be heard and lived experience recognized.
Bloomberg: Monster Floods Push Hong Kong to Confront a Changing Climate
The unprecedented rainfall that hit the city in September is forcing it to finally address a future where extreme weather will be more frequent.
Bisnow: With Huge New Allston Campus Underway, Harvard Planning Head Discusses Vision For Area
Harvard University’s Jaclyn Olsen joins panel discussion at Bisnow’s Boston Higher Education & University Development Summit; highlights the university’s sustainability efforts and collaboration with the Boston Green Ribbon Commission
The Boston Globe: National Climate Assessment points to a wetter and hotter Northeast
A massive new federal government report says revved-up climate change now permeates Americans’ daily lives with harms that are already far-reaching and worsening across every region of the United States
Boston.com: Boston no longer pursuing inclusion in program to ban fossil fuels in new construction
Boston was in the running for the final spot in the pilot program, but Mayor Michelle Wu said in an interview recently that she was given “clear indications” the city would not be chosen by state officials.
The New York Times: 2023 Virtually Certain to Be the Hottest Year on Record, Scientists Say
Analyzing data from October, European climate scientists found another record-breaking month for temperatures around the world.