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City Of Springfield To Hire Someone To Direct Environmental Initiatives

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City of Springfield

Environmental activists in western Massachusetts are hailing an announcement from the office of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno.

Funds have been included in the next city budget for a full-time city employee to focus on environmental initiatives. Activists had been lobbying for several years for the largest city in the region to hire a “sustainability officer.” WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Springfield City Councilor Jesse Lederman, who chairs the council’s Green Committee.

The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.
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