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Healey-Driscoll Administration and the Town of Barnstable Celebrate $42 Million Award for Barnstable Renewable Powered Microgrid Project 

7/26/2024 Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

Project Would Lower Energy Costs, Improve Outdoor and Indoor Air Quality and Strengthen Climate Resilience for the Town

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $1 Million for Tree Planting in Gateway Cities  

7/26/2024 Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

Program works to Reduce the ‘Urban Heat Island Effect’, Promote Public Health, and Increase Energy Savings

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Celebrates $450 Million EPA Award to Rapidly Accelerate Adoption of Heat Pumps  

7/22/2024 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

New England Coalition Wins Second Largest Award, Will Launch First-in-the-Nation Program to Drive Down Consumer Costs with Incentives and Guidance for Heat Pump Distributers, Installers

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $26 Million to Decarbonize Affordable Housing, Adds Additional $40 Million to Grant Program  

7/22/2024 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

Second Round of Grant Funding Under Affordable Housing Decarbonization Grant Program Will Lower Energy Bills, Improve Air Quality and Comfort in 600+ Homes

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Joins Mayor, Local Leaders and Community Organizations in Holyoke to Celebrate Summer Nights Program  

7/17/2024 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

DCR Launches 10th Year of Program, Largest Year Yet with 100 Partners from Across the State Including Four New Western Mass Youth-Focused Organizations

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Mild Drought Conditions Declared for Western Region of Massachusetts  

7/15/2024 Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

Other Regions Remain in Normal Conditions

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Healey-Driscoll Administration and Massachusetts Farmers Celebrate Start of Successful Harvest, One Year After Historic Floods  

7/11/2024 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

Harvest season begins in Massachusetts as growers build resilience

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Northeast States Announce Agreement to Enhance Collaboration in Pursuing Electric Transmission 

7/09/2024 Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

Northeast States Collaborative on Interregional Transmission is the first effort of its kind. Next steps include a strategic action plan for promoting interregional transmission projects.

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Healey-Driscoll Office of Energy Transformation Announces Advisory Board and Focus on Peaker Plants, Everett LNG Terminal, and Affordability  

7/03/2024 Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

The Energy Transformation Advisory Board will include utilities, fossil fuel workers, business groups, technology providers and innovators, and environmental justice advocates, among others

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $3 Million for Landscape Conservation Projects  

7/02/2024 Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

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Governor Healey Recognizes Massachusetts Climatetech Leaders  

6/26/2024 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

28 Massachusetts companies named to Time Magazine’s Top GreenTech Companies

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces $12 Million in Grants for Trail Improvement Projects Across Massachusetts  

6/21/2024 Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

MassTrails grants will support 65 projects in expanding and connecting the state’s trail network

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $1 Million to Improve Soil Health  

6/18/2024 Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Outlines Implementation for ‘Forests as Climate Solutions’ Initiative  

6/10/2024 Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

New Work Plan Incorporates Climate-Oriented Forestry Management Recommendations from the Climate Forestry Committee