Governor Deval Patrick was applauded yesterday at a news conference at the University of Massachusetts after signing an agreement to have the state rejoin a regional initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming.
(CHITOSE SUZUKI/ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Mass. power plants to pay emissions penalties
State rejoins a Northeast greenhouse gas initiative
Governor Deval Patrick was applauded yesterday at a news conference at the University of Massachusetts after signing an agreement to have the state rejoin a regional initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming.
(CHITOSE SUZUKI/ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Massachusetts power plant owners will have to pay a penalty for every pound of emissions that contribute to global warming under an agreement signed by Governor Deval Patrick yesterday that is expected to raise hundreds of millions of dollars for an ambitious energy conservation and renewable energy program. (Full article: 858 words)
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