Topic Archive: Policy and Regulation
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Dorchester Reporter: It’s time to get going on climate change
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UMass Boston Chancellor’s Lecture Series: From Climate Crisis to Climate Resilience
Sustainable Solutions Lab at UMass Boston “Bending the Curve and Bouncing Back to Climate Resilience” Dr. Ram RamanathanDistinguished Professor Emeritus of Climate Sustainability at Scripps Institution of Oceanography & Climate Solutions Scholar, Cornell University November 9, 2023Campus Center, Ballroom, University of Massachusetts BostonReception, 2:30–2:45 p.m.Lecture and Discussion, 2:45–4:30 p.m. Other featured panelists, experts and scholars:Gina…
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How a Sustainability Group, a Developer, and Voters came together for a Large-Scale, All-Electric Apartment Complex in Newton
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GRC Statement on Massachusetts Climate Chief Recommendations
BOSTON, MA (October 25, 2023) – The Boston Green Ribbon Commission (GRC) is encouraged by and supportive of the Healey Administration’s engagement with the public and private sectors to address climate change, as detailed in today’s recommendations from Climate Chief Melissa Hoffer. The recommendations represent a bold and comprehensive effort to help all stakeholders get…
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WBUR: 7 takeaways from new report about how Mass. can meet its climate goals
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Boston Grid Modernization Report
Opportunities To Support Electrification, Decarbonization, and Resilience In 2023, the GRC hosted a series of Boston Grid Modernization meetings moderated by Janet Gail Besser and Dr. Jonathan Raab to identify how key actors – including Eversource and other utilities, the City of Boston, and large energy users – can work together to advance electrification, decarbonization,…
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The Boston Globe: Boston Medical Center uses solar panels for patient energy assistance
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Canary Media: Boston skyscraper named world’s biggest ‘Passive House’ office
The building, which will use far less energy than a conventional design, is the latest example of the efficiency standard’s growing popularity.
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Inside Climate News: Pope Francis –x‘Irresponsible’ Western Lifestyles Push the World to ‘the Breaking Point’ on Climate
The 86-year-old leader of the 1.3 billion-member Catholic Church bluntly urges more aggressive action to curb emissions at the next U.N. climate meeting in eight weeks.
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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…
