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Healy pitches Mass Leads Act, cites UMass study projecting $16.4 billion boost; analysts urge caution on jobs math
Summary
Governor Maura Healey visited Via Separations in Watertown to promote the Mass Leads Act, citing a UMass Donahue Institute estimate of $16.4 billion in activity over 10 years; the institute’s presenter warned the projections are preliminary and noted different job estimates in the analysis.
Governor Maura Healey visited Via Separations in Watertown to press for the Mass Leads Act and highlighted a UMass Donahue Institute analysis the administration says shows a large economic return from investing in climate technology.
"The Mass Leads Act will get us there with a $1,300,000,000 investment in this ecosystem," Healy said, adding the study projects "$16,400,000,000 in economic activity over the next 10 years" and describing the resulting return-on-investment as "more than 12 to 1 for Massachusetts." She also said the analysis "projects close to 67,100 new jobs in the climate tech field."
Mark Melnick, director of economic and…
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