As the new home of MASSPIRG's environmental work, Environment Massachusetts can be contacted regarding this news release.
Today
the legislature has taken an important step toward solving global
warming. The Global Warming Bill (SB 2475) was given a favorable
recommendation by the legislature’s environment committee at a hearing
in the state house, and it is now expected to go to the Senate for
further consideration.
We’re
grateful for the leadership of Senator Pam Resor, Representative Frank
Smizik, and the other legislators who’ve joined the campaign to pass
the Global Warming Bill. The bill would have Massachusetts rejoin the
regional effort to cut global warming pollution from power plants, the
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Gov. Mitt Romney backed out of the
regional plan at the last minute in December of last year, when seven
other northeast governors signed an agreement to move forward.
The legislature has a chance to clean up Gov. Romney's mess and put Massachusetts back on track.
We have to start solving global warming, and this is where we should
start. The best experts in the region have spent three years figuring
out how to tackle global warming pollution from power plants, and
they've come up with this plan. It's a very moderate plan, it’s a
compromise, and it’s a good first step. Massachusetts should be a part
of it.
Global
warming is going to change everything about our lives. Scientists
expect more heat waves, species extinctions, rising sea levels,
spreading diseases, and more. Stopping global warming starts here, with
passing the Global Warming Bill.
