[ Not a subscriber? Sign up here ] BEACON HILL HAPPENINGS - “Gov. Baker prohibits reusable shopping bags during coronavirus emergency” (Mary Saladna, WCVB 5): “Gov. Charlie Baker on Wednesday announced a new public health order related to grocery stores and pharmacies in...

[ Not a subscriber? Sign up here ] BEACON HILL HAPPENINGS - Beacon Hill coronavirus updates: On Monday (3/16) the Speaker and Senate President closed the State House to the public in order to limit the spread of the virus. [more on...

[ Not a subscriber? Sign up here ] BEACON HILL HAPPENINGS - Coronavirus fears disrupt legislative work, climate advocacy on Beacon Hill: The statehouse is not immune to the wide-reaching impacts coronavirus is having on Massachusetts. In an email to lawmakers on Tuesday, House and Senate...

Not a subscriber? Sign up here BEACON HILL HAPPENINGS - Keep an Eye on the Massachusetts 2050 Roadmap Bill: With the passage of its Next Generation Climate bills in January 2020, the Massachusetts Senate laid out its vision for comprehensive climate policy this...

In January 2020, the Massachusetts Senate proposed an innovative way of providing independent oversight over the state’s climate policy. The chamber’s recently passed package of climate bills includes language establishing a climate policy commission to help the Commonwealth achieve its...

With the passage of its Next Generation Climate bills in January 2020, the Massachusetts Senate laid out its vision for comprehensive climate policy this session. Attention has now shifted to the House of Representatives, which is feeling increased pressure to...

[ Not a subscriber? Sign up here ] BEACON HILL HAPPENINGS - DEVELOPING: Baker Admin Releases Draft Letter Establishing Net-zero Emissions Target: The Baker Administration today (2/26) released a draft of its formal determination letter establishing net-zero greenhouse gas emissions as the Commonwealth’s new...

[ Not a subscriber? Sign up here ] BEACON HILL HAPPENINGS - “Baker Administration Planning Rule To Ban Hydrofluorocarbons” (Michael P. Norton, SHNS via WBUR) “A state regulation expected this spring would ban the use of greenhouse gas-producing hydrofluorocarbons, which are used in...

[ Not a subscriber? Sign up here ] **SPECIAL** COMMUNICATING CLIMATE This week Climate XChange's Maria Virginia Olano released ‘Communicating the Climate Crisis.’ A multimedia project that's been a year in the making, it combines her unique comms insight with practical tools on how to...