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Broad coalition urges legislature to bar large gas‑system expansions near environmental‑justice communities
Summary
Advocates, municipalities and public‑health professionals urged the Joint Committee to report S2290/H3547 favorably to prevent large gas‑distribution expansions within five miles of EJ communities, citing health risks, rising costs from utility capital spending and a just transition for affected workers.
A broad coalition of environmental, health and community groups urged the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities, and Energy to advance companion bills S2290 and H3547 to limit large scale gas distribution expansions that would affect environmental justice communities.
Speakers including Naya Tinerowicz of the Springfield Climate Justice Coalition, Tenille Rainey of Arise for Social Justice, and Dr. Roger Luckman, a public‑health professor and witness for Elders Climate Action Massachusetts,…
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