Conservation groups urge Appropriations Committee to protect strategic‑energy and transfer‑tax funds
Mar 6, 2026
Conservation and land‑trust groups told the Appropriations Committee that using the Strategic Energy Investment Fund or diverting transfer‑tax revenues weakens long‑term programs for renewable energy, land conservation and open‑space projects and urged restoration of full cash funding where bonds were used as temporary backfill.
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A coalition of conservation organizations asked the Appropriations Committee to preserve funding in the Strategic Energy Investment Fund (SEIF) and to protect real‑estate transfer‑tax programs that support land conservation and program open space.
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