URGENT ACTION ALERT: Call your state rep today to stop energy-efficiency budget cuts
This is another moment when a 1-minute call to your state representative could make a big difference: Call your state rep and tell them you oppose huge cuts to the state's energy-efficiency program TODAY, before this afternoon's vote. BACKGROUND: Many of you called back in November to help stop the Climate Rollback Bill (H.4744) that would have eliminated the state's 2030 climate and environment goals. The bill has been redrafted and rushed through as the Energy Omnibus Bill ( H. 5151 ). Our partners from Mass Power Forward, the coalition of 250 groups throughout the state that we're part of, will be at the State House all day. Support them by calling your state representative now. The bill has many improvements, including ones we fought for, such as keeping 2030 climate goals and eliminating subsidies for biomass. But there's a giant poison pill: it would cut $1 billion of the $1.5B MassSave budget. If this cut goes through, it would gut energy e...