Topic Archive: Mitigation
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GRCx Program: How a Sustainability Group, a Developer, and Voters came together for a Large-Scale, All-Electric Apartment Complex in Newton
This GRCx will explore the dramatic story of how expert volunteers with the sustainability advocacy group Green Newton persuaded and worked with housing developer Northland Investment Corp. to adopt and commit to rigorous, all-electric, Passive House certification for an 800-unit, mixed-use community called the Pattern District. The resulting residential buildings will be so efficient that…
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AASHE Conference & Expo: A Collaborative Approach to Scale Climate Action In Boston (Panel)
The Collaborative Climate Action Planning program shows that working together fosters climate progress & lasting change. Rapidly changing regulations that limit carbon emissions from large buildings in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the City of Boston require adjustments to energy procurement, building plans, and site management of institutions across a range of sectors. The pace…
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GRC Overview
Learn more about the Green Ribbon Commission (GRC) and how it accelerates Boston’s progress toward a climate safe, carbon free, equitable future.
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CommonWealth Magazine: For environmental justice communities, tackling climate change can’t wait
John Walkey, director of waterfront and climate justice initiatives at GreenRoots, and Paula García, a senior bilingual energy analyst and energy justice lead in the climate and energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, explore why climate change effects are felt strongest in low-income communities.
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The Boston Globe: Government must move more quickly to address climate crisis, Wu says at Globe Summit event
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The New York Times: Can We Put a Price on Climate Damages?
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Washington Post: Biden’s new Climate Corps will train thousands of young people
It comes after a similar program was dropped from the Inflation Reduction Act
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The New York Times: California Governor to Sign Landmark Climate Disclosure Bill
The first-in-the-nation law will compel major companies to publicly disclose their carbon dioxide emissions and could have national repercussions.
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CBS Boston: Healey bans state agencies from buying single-use plastic bottles
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WWLP: Mass. seventh among states in clean energy jobs
Mass. Job Growth Rate in Middle of the Pack
