Topic Archive: Mitigation
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CommonWealth Magazine: A game plan for bridging the coming energy divide
Guest commentary from Ed Gaskin of Grove Hall Main Streets, who argues that without serious intervention, those most in the need of help will fall further behind
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MassCEC Report: Powering the Future – A Massachusetts Clean Energy Workforce Needs Assessment
This report from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) provides a comprehensive analysis of the clean energy workforce needed to meet the state’s 2030 greenhouse gas reduction targets, seen through regional, occupational, and equity lenses. Access Report Page: Massachusetts Clean Energy Workforce Needs Assessment | MassCEC
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Jamaica Plain News: Free Electric Shuttle to Franklin Park Zoo from Forest Hills Debuts
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WBUR: Massachusetts’ new ‘green bank’ for climate-friendly housing, explained
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Boston Real Estate Times: AGC MA Announces Member Firm EV Charging Station Pledge
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Boston University’s Center for Computing & Data Sciences Receives LEED Platinum
The 345,000-square-foot collaborative research and teaching center is the University’s first LEED Platinum building and Boston’s largest fossil fuel-free building.
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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…
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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
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WBUR: The country’s first gas utility-run networked geothermal heating and cooling system breaks ground in Mass.
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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.