Establishes a climate change adaptation cost recovery program in Massachusetts.
The bill establishes a climate change adaptation cost recovery program in Massachusetts. It mandates the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs to determine cost recovery demands for entities responsible for greenhouse gas emissions. These demands are based on a climate cost study estimating the total costs of greenhouse gas emissions. The funds collected will be deposited in the climate change adaptation fund and used for projects that benefit environmental justice populations.
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