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Information
Commonwealth government
· Climate change-focused government agencies & initiatives are listed below under the
Climate change & energy section.
Department of Conservation and Recreation
Department of Environmental Protection
Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs (EEA)
Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM)
Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture
Massachusetts Community Climate Bank
Institutions ~ Networks
Gas Transition Allies [Massachusetts]
Institutions ~ NGOs
· NGOs focused on climate change are listed below, but most NGOs in the following listing work on climate change as well.
Environmental League of Massachusetts
Massachusetts Environmental Justice Table
Massachusetts Environmental Trust
· Example of intersection between public and private funding: Mass state natural resource licensing pays for environmental trust grants
Massachusetts Invasive Plant Advisory Group
Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition
Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA)
Our Revolution Massachusetts (ORMA)
Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts
Transportation for Massachusetts
Wildlife Rehabilitators’ Association of Massachusetts
Institutions ~ Private sector & trade associations
Climate change & energy
· Massachusetts NGOs focused on climate change are listed here, but most NGOs listed above
work on climate change as well.
Campaign for a Clean Energy Future - Massachusetts
Charlie's Climate Catastrophe Tour
Communities Responding to Extreme Weather (CREW)
Green Energy Consumers Alliance
· Formerly Mass Energy
Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
· ”...a state economic development agency dedicated to accelerating the growth of the clean energy
sector across the Commonwealth to spur job creation, deliver statewide environmental benefits
and to secure long-term economic growth for the people of Massachusetts.”
Mass Coalition for Sustainable Energy
· "To address our energy deficit and continue progress reducing emissions, Massachusetts needs to
expand our access to natural gas."
Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
Massachusetts Climate Action Network
Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
Massachusetts Ecosystem Climate Adaptation Network
Massachusetts Interfaith Coalition for Climate Action (MAICCA)
Massachusetts Youth Climate Coalition (MYCC)
Massachusetts Youth for Climate Justice
Merrimack River Watershed Council
Report: Governor Baker Signs Climate Legislation to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
· 2021, Governor's Press Office, Office of Governor Charlie Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito
· Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
· Describes legislation signed by Governor Baker, of Massachusetts, which sets out to achieve net zero
emissions by the year 2050.
· This legislation acknowledges the disproportionate health impacts on “environmental justice
communities,” and calls for research to be conducted within these communities to gain a better
understanding of the health impacts of air pollution.
Oceans
· “...composed of a small, dedicated, and streamlined staff with over 185 years of combined
experience in the fields of Biology, Science, Engineering, Backcountry Medicine, Training
and Development, Business Entrepreneurship, and Experiential Education. Unified by our
shared passions for engagement with the natural world, we inspire citizens to ask questions,
challenge assumptions, and draw their own conclusions.”
Forests
MassWoods @ University of Massachusetts-Amerst
Massachusetts Woodlands Institute
Trees as a Public Good Network @ ORMA
Outdoor recreation
Region, river, watershed, city & town information
Boston page
North Shore
Charles River watershed
Charles River Watershed Association
Cambridge
Cape Cod
Cape Cod Climate Change Collaborative
"At the edge of a warming world" ~ Boston Globe story
Changing Cape Pulitzer curricular resources
Chelsea
Colrain
Colrain Center for Conservation and Wildlife Rehabilitation
Framingham
Mystic River
Mystic River Watershed Association (MRWA)
Nantucket
Nantucket Conservation Foundation
Swampscott
Wayland
Weymouth
Massachusetts
Contents of this page:
· Information
~ Networks
~ NGOs
· Oceans
· Forests
· Region, river, watershed, city & town information
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