14Massachusetts Takes on Climate Change

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1、27UCLAJELP295Page127UCLAJ.Envtl.L.&Pol'y295©2010ThomsonReuters.NoClaimtoOrig.USGov.Works.27UCLAJELP295Page1427UCLAJ.Envtl.L.&Pol'y295©2010ThomsonReuters.NoClaimtoOrig.USGov.Works.27UCLAJELP295Page1427UCLAJ.Envtl.L.&Pol'y295UCLAJournalofEnvironmentalLawandPolicy2009Article*295MASSACHUSETTSTAKESONC

2、LIMATECHANGEKenKimmell,LaurieBurt[FNa1]Copyright(c)2009RegentsoftheUniversityofCalifornia;KenKimmell;LaurieBurt      I.       Introduction       296       II.       AChangeinThinking:IntegratingEnergyandtheEnvironmentintheSameSecretariat       297       III.       Massachusetts'ActionstoReduceGHG

3、EmissionsandIncreaseEnergyEfficiency:NewLegislation       298       A.GreenCommunitiesAct       298       1.IncreasedEnergyEfficiency       299       2.RenewableEnergy       300       3.BuildingCodes       301       4.TheGreenCommunitiesProgram       302       B.TheGlobalWarmingSolutionsAct      

4、 302 ©2010ThomsonReuters.NoClaimtoOrig.USGov.Works.27UCLAJELP295Page1427UCLAJ.Envtl.L.&Pol'y295      C.MassachusettsEnvironmentalPolicyAct(MEPA)GreenhouseGasFootprint       305       D.TheOceansManagementAct       306       E.TheCleanEnergyBiofuelsAct       307       F.TheGreenJobsAct       308  

5、     IV.       Massachusetts'ActionstoReduceGHGEmissionsandIncreaseEnergyEfficiency:PolicyInitiatives       309       A.MakingaDifferenceattheLocalLevel       309       B.StateLeadingbyExample       311       C.DecouplingElectricityRatesfromSales       312       D.RegionalInitiativestoReduceGreen

6、houseGasEmissions       312       V.       Conclusion       315 *296I.Introduction      Climatechangeisthemostseriousenvironmentalchallengeofourtime.  Afteryearsofinaction,boldsolutionsareneeded.  Effortstolowerthegreenhousegas(GHG)emissionsthatcontributetoclimatechangemustfocusonreducingourdeman

7、doncarbon-intensiveelectricitygenerationandfuels,andonincreasingoursupplyofrenewableenergy.      Massachusettshasbeenaleaderinthefightagainstclimatechangebyimplementingauniquesetofpoliciesand©2010ThomsonReuters.NoClaim