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Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards Grants to Improve Water Quality and Habitat in the Buzzards Bay Watershed

10/12/2023 Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

Over $550,000 in federal funds awarded to four municipalities

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Releases Readiness Plan to Protect Against Extreme Weather

10/11/2023 Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

‘ResilientMass’ plan establishes an Office of Climate Science and identifies key actions state government can make to promote resiliency

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Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut Sign First-Time Agreement for Multi-State Offshore Wind Procurement

10/04/2023 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

This agreement creates a pathway for a potential multistate procurement for offshore wind – the first of its kind in the United States

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Declares October “Massachusetts Cranberry Month”

10/04/2023 Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources

State Officials Tour a Cranberry Bog in Southeastern Massachusetts and Encourage Residents to Buy Local Cranberry Products

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $7.9 Million to Support Coastal Community Resilience

10/02/2023 Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards Over $2 Million in Grants to Protect Coastal Water Quality and Restore Habitat

9/29/2023 Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

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Governor Healey Creates Commission to Accelerate Siting and Permitting of Clean Energy Infrastructure

9/26/2023 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

Commission on Clean Energy Infrastructure Siting and Permitting will make recommendations for regulatory and legislative reform to streamline clean energy siting next spring

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Governor Healey Celebrates Climate Week by Establishing Nation’s First Long-term Biodiversity Goals, Single-Use Plastic Bottle Ban

9/21/2023 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

Amidst a global biodiversity crisis, Massachusetts to become first state in the country to develop biodiversity goals to 2050; Separate executive order ends state agencies use of single use plastic bottles

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Massachusetts Receives More than $22 Million from USDA to Expand Access to Trees and Green Space

9/20/2023 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards Over $1.7 Million to Acquire Retired Cranberry Bogs for Wetlands Restoration

9/19/2023 Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces 2023 COASTSWEEP Beach Cleanup

9/13/2023 Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Names Director of Massachusetts Office of Outdoor Recreation

9/12/2023 Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

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Governor Healey Declares State of Emergency Over Catastrophic Flood Damage

9/12/2023 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces Grants to Support Rural Economies and Forest Conservation

9/07/2023 Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces Availability of Natural Disaster Recovery Funds to Impacted Farmers

9/06/2023 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll