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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21N – Climate Protection and Green Economy Act | Midpage
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Massachusetts General Laws
Part I
Title II
Chapter 21N
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21N
Climate Protection and Green Economy Act
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Definitions
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Regulations for reporting and verifying statewide greenhouse gas emissions; review; inventory
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Projected 2020 business as usual level; adoption of statewide greenhouse gas emissions limits; levels and limits for electric sector; establishment of declining annual aggregate limit
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Adoption of sector-based statewide greenhouse gas emissions sublimits
3B
Goal for succeeding plan's necessary contribution to meeting each statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit and sublimit
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Adoption of 2020 statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit; relevant information; evaluation of potential cost and benefits; de minimis threshold; emission reduction; public hearings; statement; interim greenhouse gas emissions limits
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Contents of roadmap plan; filing
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Establishment of emissions reduction programs; promulgation of regulations; protection of low and moderate-income persons and environmental justice populations
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Market-place compliance mechanisms; regulations; out-state cooperation; enforcement
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Advisory committee
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Applicability of chapter
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Preparation for impact of climate change and mitigation damage from extreme weather events; statewide adaptation strategy; vulnerability assessments; climate change coordinators
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Municipal vulnerability preparedness grant program
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Alternative compliance payment as debt; lien; priority of lien; civil action; waiver or release; security requirements