This thread was just a highlights reel of the many reasons for @MassGovernor to support the #ClimateRoadmap bill: read our full letter at https://t.co/UNvipuzrDU
This legislation also provides an opportunity for MA to address severe climate impacts on environmental justice neighborhoods. It gives them new tools and protections & ensures that neighborhoods already overburdened by pollution are not left behind in a clean energy transition.
Lot of statements flying in response to @massgovernor's veto of the climate bill. Will try to track as many of them as I can on this thread.
1. Maria Belén Power of @GreenRootsEJ
The Baker administration set ambitious goals for a net zero future in the 2030 Clean Energy and Climate Plan—but then @MassGovernor yesterday vetoed the #ClimateRoadmap bill, which would have provided the statutory authority to accomplish the Plan's bold vision. #mapoli
#HousingChoices language was signed into law yesterday—a meaningful step in reforming MA's outdated zoning laws to address our severe shortage of housing and affordable housing.
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2020 was the hottest year on record. Vetoing a smart climate bill now is a big mistake that we do not have time for. I support the Legislature's commitment to quickly refile and pass this bill in the hopes that Governor Baker remembers his own 2050 net zero goal.
When eviction moratorium & federal aid end, 120K area households at risk of eviction--many Black or Latino. We're facing wave of homelessness & neighborhood instability, says @CityLife_Clvu Lisa Owens. @mapc@chapa @macdc @LISC_BOSTON @ourcityRTTC https://t.co/9cbze6jtu7