Topic Archive: Policy and Regulation
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Healey-Driscoll Administration Releases Climate Report Card (Press Release)
Report card notes progress in key areas and challenges ahead in reducing emissions
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Healey sketches out process to address coastal threats (WWLP via SHNS)
Coastal Districts, Collaboration In Forecast For 2024
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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GRCx Program: Our Shared History, a Report on Systemic Racism and Boston’s Climate Opportunities
Presented in Collaboration with Embrace Boston and featuring Reverend Mariama White-Hammond, Boston’s Chief of Environment, Energy, and Open Space; Ted Landsmark, Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Director, Northeastern University; and Dr. Imari Paris Jeffries, President and CEO, Embrace Boston. Boston is on the verge of a significant transformation into a resilient,…
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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.
