Over the past year, Massachusetts has taken important steps to reduce emissions and move toward a more sustainable future. Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law a sweeping climate bill in March aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and building a greener economy. It’s crucial that we move toward net zero emissions by 2050 so we can provide future generations with a livable planet. To get there, we need to ramp up clean energy while we phase down the fossil fuel use to curb emissions at the source.In theory, it sounds straightforward; yet we have struggled to make one straightforward cut that could go a long way toward ending our dependence on fossil fuels. Every year, the United States government gives away $20 billion to the fossil fuel industry in…
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