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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Tuesday November 19, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Conservation Law Foundation: PURA Denies Connecticut Gas Rate Hike
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 19 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Decision requires gas companies to report their emissions and explain how they are contributing to state climate goals * * * (New Haven, CT) - Connecticut's Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) issued a final decision denying proposed rate increases by Connecticut Natural Gas and Southern Connecticut Gas and requiring the companies to collectively return $120 million dollars to   more

Union of Concerned Scientists: Chris Wright DOE Nomination Underscores Trump's Pay-to-Play Cabinet
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 19 -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following news release: Liberty Energy oil executive Chris Wright has been announced as President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Energy (DOE), an agency charged with overseeing national energy policy and the U.S. nuclear weapons program. While this year alone the United States has experienced 24 confirmed weather/climate disasters with losses exceeding $1 billion each, Wright, a Trump campa  more