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Over 30 environmental, civic, and public health groups urge legislature to pass 100% Clean Act

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Last week, the Department of Public Utilities made an unprecedented order to transition Massachusetts off of natural gas. Following that victory, over 30 leading environment, civic, and public health groups urged the state legislature to commit the Bay State to 100% clean energy. 

The letter sent to the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities, and Energy outlines the need for Massachusetts to transition off fossil fuels to prevent the worst impacts of the climate crisis, protect public health, and strengthen the resilience of communities. The 100% Clean Act (H.3689), filed by state Reps. Marjorie Decker and Sean Garballey, would power Massachusetts with 100% clean electricity by 2035, and transition heating and transportation to 100% clean energy by 2045. 

“We can power our lives without polluting our air and water, harming our health, or changing our climate,” said Lydia Churchill, Clean Energy Campaign Associate with Environment Massachusetts. “The DPU’s ruling is a significant step forward, but we want to get to the finish line. People in Massachusetts deserve a future powered by 100% clean energy, and the 100% Clean Act will get us there.”

Groups signing on include Environment Massachusetts, Union of Concerned Scientists, Vote Solar, MASSPIRG, MASSPIRG Students, Community Action Works, Climate Reality Project (Massachusetts Southcoast Chapter, and Boston Metro Chapter), Commonwealth Green Low-Income Housing Coalition, Massachusetts Interfaith Power & Light, Inc., Northeast Clean Energy Council, Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action, Massachusetts Climate Action Network, Green Energy Consumers Alliance, FCCPR Climate Task Force, Sustainable Marblehead, Jewish Climate Action Network, HealthLink, Sierra Club Massachusetts, Falmouth Climate Action Network, Partnership for Policy Integrity, Sustainable Wellesley, No Fracked Gas in Mass, Longmeadow Pipeline Awareness Group, Breathe Easy Berkshires, Canton Residents for a Sustainable Equitable Future, South Coast Neighbors United, Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility, Salem Alliance for the Environment, RESTORE: The North Woods, the American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts, and 350 Mass.

Lydia Churchill
Lydia Churchill

Former Clean Energy Associate, Environment Massachusetts

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