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GRC Press Release: Massachusetts Community Climate Bank Launch Essential to Support Environmental Justice and Zero Carbon Goals for City & State
BOSTON, MA (June 13, 2023) – The Boston Green Ribbon Commission (GRC), an advisory group of civic and business leaders who work to advance the City’s climate resilience and mitigation strategies, today applauded the Commonwealth and the City of Boston on the launch of the Massachusetts Community Climate Bank. The Climate Bank will be an
Governor Healey Announces Creation of Massachusetts Community Climate Bank, Nation’s First Green Bank Dedicated to Affordable Housing
$50 million in seed funding intended to leverage federal funding and private sector opportunities to accelerate affordable, decarbonized housing development
ProPublica: Climate Crisis Is on Track to Push One-Third of Humanity Out of Its Most Livable Environment
As conditions that best support life shift toward the poles, more than 600 million people are already living outside of a crucial “climate niche,” facing more extreme heat, rising food scarcity and higher death rates.
Wharf District Council: Climate Resiliency Plan
The Wharf District Council Climate Resiliency Task Force (CRTF) brings together the private and public sectors to create a conceptual Wharf District-scale protection and resiliency plan. Building off the Climate Ready Boston for Downtown, CRTF is charged with producing a workable vision for a district-wide barrier that is a baseline for planning and for property
Health Care Without Harm: Anchored by Health Care – Strategies for Health Systems
A modeled approach to health care organizations’ role in building equitable relationships that power community health, wealth, and climate resilience.
The New York Times: Summer Heat
Why the next few months may be hotter than normal.
Canary Media: This East Coast bus depot will make its own carbon-free fuel
The project, located in Maryland’s most populous county, will use a solar microgrid to produce enough “green” hydrogen for 13 new fuel-cell buses.