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Several Massachusetts Mayors Endorse Move To All Renewable Energy

A group of ten mayors in Massachusetts have announced support for an ambitious initiative to fully transition the state to renewable sources of energy.

The coalition “Mayors for 100 percent Renewable Energy” has five co-chairs, including Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle.

They’ve signed a statement pledging support for an energy bill being pushed on Beacon Hill by several environmental groups.  It commits Massachusetts to completely transition to renewable energy sources for electricity, heating, and transportation by 2045.

The mayors will be reaching out to their colleagues to invite them to sign on.

For more about the initiative and the new support for it, WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Ben Hellerstein, state director of Environment Massachusetts.

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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