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September 2, 2024

Building Decarbonization

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Maine Community Program Preps New Round of Emissions, Resilience Grants
Maine’s Community Resilience Partnership will open a new grant round next month to help communities reduce emissions and build climate resilience.
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Colorado Law Requires Cities to Adopt Green Building Codes
A new Colorado law will require local governments to update their building codes to maximize energy efficiency in new construction.
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Vt. House Sustains Veto of Clean Heat Standard Bill
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott vetoed a bill to create a Clean Heat Standard, saying it had no detail on costs and impacts.
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NY Green Bank Increases Focus on Disadvantaged Communities
The New York Green Bank is starting a $250 million Community Decarbonization Fund this year and increasing its own capitalization by nearly a third.
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Stakeholders Question CLCPA Pace and Costs for New York
Panelists at a meeting hosted by conservative think tank Empire Center for Public Policy questioned the cost and pace of New York's climate action plan.
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Vermont City Ramps up Rental Weatherizations with Novel Ordinance
A first-of-its-kind weatherization ordinance for rental housing in effect in Burlington, Vt., since Jan. 1 is starting to ramp up enforcement.
Healey Focuses on Climate in Mass. Gubernatorial Race
Maura Healey is focusing on climate in the race to replace Charlie Baker as Massachusetts governor.
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DOE Briefs: Keeping up with Grants and Granholm
The U.S. Department of Energy issued new energy-efficiency standards for light bulbs that will effectively phase out incandescent bulbs by July 2023.
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Maryland GHG Cuts Beat 2020 Goal, State Says
Maryland’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 were 32% below 2006 levels, according to the state Department of the Environment, besting its goal of a 25% cut.
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Connecticut Regulators Order ‘Immediate’ Phaseout of Gas Expansion Plan
An investigation of Connecticut’s natural gas system expansion strategy found that the plan does not align with the state’s climate and energy goals.

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