Posted on 04/08/2022 9:47:58 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
State senators unveiled a suite of concrete climate change regulations tallying more than $250 million Thursday that they consider vital for ensuring Massachusetts achieves net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, including incentives to bolster the transition to electric vehicles and all-electric building construction.
The bill calls for the creation of a $100 million Clean Energy Investment Fund to spur infrastructure developments.
There’s also a proposed $100 million Electric Vehicle Adoption Incentive Trust Fund in the bill, plus $3,500 rebates — an increase of $1,000 from the current provision — for zero-emission cars and light-duty trucks. Rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft would need to comply with stricter emission-reductions rules, and the bill also requires the MBTA fleet to be fully electrified by 2040.
The heightened emphasis on electric vehicle infrastructure is accompanied with a proposed $50 million Charging Infrastructure Council Fund. New developments must also allocate at least 10% of parking spaces for electric vehicle charging.
In a pilot project embedded in the climate change bill, 10 municipalities, including Brookline, can restrict fossil fuel use in construction projects — as long as they receive local approval. Mass Save must also start limiting its funding on fossil fuel equipment.
Barrett said Bay Staters must have grit — and exude collective faith in one another — to “sustain a good life on this planet for all living things.”
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And Massholes’ are real too.....
Idiots with power.
So they want to use electricity to heat the buildings up north at the same time they are using it to power the cars?
You can’t get there from here.
We just moved out of Mass to NH - just in time. We are enjoying our freedom - stuff like this (and the prospect of Maura Healy becoming governor) is just going to increase the mass exodus - pun intended.
They better pray to the weather gods for massive global warming, because electric cars will have a tough time with MA winters.
Professional affirmative-action government bureaucrats masquerading as “scientists.”
What could possibly go wrong?
Enjoy the sky high electric bills mass. It might be cheap,right now, but the writing is onmthe wall!
Seems like Mass insanity. If only a moron, uh mormon gov would ride in on a white horse and............... Oh, that already happened. Apparently it WAS a moron.
“all-electric buildings”
We’re gonna have to plug in our buildings now too??
It saddens me that the colony of Mass. has devolved from the flashpoint of the American Revolution to this socialist/commie crap.
When China finally walks in and takes over this insane asylum we live in, bad as they are, it’ll be an improvement - at least they’re still somewhat grounded in reality.
These are the same people that refuse a natural gas pipline to relieve a massive shortage along with their No Nukes agenda.
Electricity here is already outrageous.
i gotta get OUT..
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it’s not cheap believe me..
And they’re against the construction of new power plants. Wind and solar ain’t gonna cut it.
BTW, I wonder whose payroll this loser is on?
From the standpoint of progressive ideology, this sort of lunacy makes a lot of sense.
It’s much more difficult to regulate and harass tens of thousands of people than it is to regulate and harass one electric company.
Especially in an environment where media gives you glowing coverage and help convince voters the goodness of eating the wealthy. By far, this is the path of least resistance.
It highlights how the word “success” has two entirely different meanings, one for conservatives and the other for progressives.
Funny they resist using the fuel we have been given. Nobody really believes in man caused climate change. It’s a ruse for politicians to transfer your wealth into their pockets. Full stop.
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