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communities, prepare for the impacts of climate change and prepare for and mitigate damage from extreme ...

All agencies, departments, boards, commissions and authorities of the ... shall also consider reasonably foreseeable climate change impacts, including additional greenhouse ...

(a) The department is hereby authorized and directed to require electric companies organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter to accommodate retail access to generation ...

an outreach and education program about climate change and its effects for low-income, environmental ...

in the Administrator-Researcher Campus Climate Collaborative survey or another sexual misconduct climate survey that is currently in use ...

certain types of lands, related to climate change, plant growth, erosion control and water ... of the program or any significant change to the established program, if requested by the ...

[ Text of section added by 2024, 239, Sec. 5 effective February 18, 2025 ... for: (i) development potential; (ii) climate change resilience; (iii) carbon storage and ...

to and prepare for the impacts of climate change; (iv) priority adaptation projects with potential co-benefits for climate change mitigation, environmental protection, public ...

(a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department may apply for ... renewable energy, public procurement of energy and energy efficiency, and climate change ...

books of the commonwealth a Climate Change Adaptation Infrastructure Investment Fund into which ...

with the state's clean energy and climate change requirements; (vii) focus on developing skills ...

compliance mechanisms to address climate change concerns; provided, however, that prior to ... (b) The secretary and the department may adopt regulations governing market-based ...

including but not limited to, climate change, air pollution, water pollution, improper sewage ...

[ Text of section added by 2023, 28, Sec. 35 effective July 1, 2023 ... emissions or mitigates impacts of climate change, including school rooftop construction or repair ...

For text effective February 18, 2025, see below ... Section 7. In passing upon matters before ... weight to the threat posed by climate change and to the commonwealth's obligation to meet ...

moderate potential damages or benefit from opportunities associated with climate change ... be limited to the modification of or change in the operation of real or personal property ...

[ Text of section effective until November 20, 2024 ... Section 3. (a) For a property to receive ... risk from rising sea levels or other flood risk caused or exacerbated by climate change

Such planning shall include comprehensive climate change adaptation planning to ensure that the ...

In the case of projects directly undertaken by an agency, the environmental impact report ... increase or reduce the effects of climate change on the environmental justice population ...

the costs of engineering, design, permitting, climate change adaptation and resilience and other ...

anticipate will cause or contribute to climate change including, but not limited to, carbon dioxide ...

address and diminish the impacts of climate change by coordinating state agency actions to achieve ...

and shall be consistent with state climate change adaptation and resiliency policies; (xiv) include ... said modeling and analysis may be conducted in conjunction with other states or ...

(a) The ocean waters and ocean-based development of the commonwealth, within the ocean ... life and habitats; (vii) address climate change and sea-level rise; (viii) respect the ...

[ First to third paragraphs effective until February 18, 2025 ... of energy consistent with the commonwealth's climate change and greenhouse gas reduction policies ...