Legislative Campaign
Governor Baker is trying to roll back Massachusetts’ renewable energy standards to allow large, polluting wood-burning power plants like Palmer to collect millions of dollars per year in renewable energy subsidies funded by Massachusetts ratepayers. Urge your state legislators to support and co-sponsor the following bills:
1) An Act to prevent biomass energy to protect the air we breathe
Click here for the Partnership for Policy Integrity's memo on this bill.
Current S.2197 cosponsors:
Eric Lesser, First Hampden and Hampshire
Adam Gomez, Hampden
Jay Livingstone, 8th Suffolk
Orlando Ramos, 9th Hampden
Jason Lewis, 5th Middlesex
Jacob Oliveira, 7th Hampden
Joanne Comerford, Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester
John Keenan, Norfolk and Plymouth
Carmine Lawrence Gentile, 13th Middlesex
Sal N. DiDominico, Middlesex and Suffolk
Current H.3333 cosponsors:
Jay Livingstone, 8th Suffolk
Lindsay Sabadosa, 1st Hampshire
Steven Owens, 29th Middlesex
Jacob Oliveira, 7th Hampden
Tricia Farley-Bouvier, 3rd Berkshire
Tami Gouveia, 14th Middlesex
Joanne Comerford, Hampshire, Franklin, Worcester
Danillo Sena, 37th Middlesex
Dylan Fernandes, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket
Jason Lewis, 5th Middlesex
David Rogers, 24th Middlesex
Michelle Ciccolo, 15th Middlesex
Jack Patrick Lewis, 7th Middlesex
Nika Elugardo, 15th Suffolk
Vanna Howard, 17th Middlesex
Patricia A. Duffy, 5th Hampden
Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr., 12th Hampden
Jessica Ann Giannino, 16th Suffolk
Carmine Lawrence Gentile, 13th Middlesex
Tram T. Nguyen, 18th Essex
2) An Act ensuring a healthy future for environmental justice communities
This bill disqualifies any highly polluting facility from being eligible for the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) if it is located near an environmental justice community.
Click here for the Partnership for Policy Integrity's memo on this bill.
Current S.2186 cosponsors:
Adam Gomez, Hampden
Eric Lesser, First Hampden
Orlando Ramos, 9th Hampden
Michelle L. Ciccolo, 15th Middlesex
Carlos Gonzalez, 19th Hampden
Joanne M. Comerford, Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester
John F. Keenan, Norfolk and Plymouth
Jason M. Lewis, 5th Middlesex
Sal N. DiDomenico, Middlesex and Suffolk
Carmine Lawrence Gentile, 13th Middlesex
Current H.3362 cosponsors:
Orlando Ramos, 9th Hampden
Jay Livingstone, 9th Hampden
Lindsay Sabadosa, 1st Hampshire
Tami Gouveia, 14th Middlesex
Jacob Oliveira, 7th Hampden
Christine Barber, 34th Middlesex
Jessica Ann Giannino, 16th Suffolk
Marcos Devers, 16th Essex
Danillo Sena, 37th Middlesex
Dylan Fernandes, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket
David Allen Robertson, 19th Middlesex
Carolos Gonzalez, 10th Hampden
Liz Miranda, 5th Suffolk
Michelle Ciccolo, 15th Middlesex
Bud Williams, 11th Hampden
Nika Elugardo, 15th Suffolk
Adam Gomex, Hampden
Patricia A. Duffy
Elizabeth A. Malia, 11th Suffolk
Carmine Lawrence Gentile, 13th Middlesex
David M. Rogers, 24th Middlesex
Tram T. Nguyen, 18th Essex
Take Action
Find your state senator, and email or call to ask them to co-sponsor S.2197 and S.2186. If they are already a cosponsor, tell them thanks! It is important they know this issue matters to you.
Find your state representative, and email or call to ask them to co-sponsor H.3333 and H.3362. If they are already a cosponsor, tell them thanks! It is important they know this issue matters to you.