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Issue Position: Advocate for the Environment

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2020
Issues: Energy Environment

Rep. Balser has been recognized for her efforts with awards from the Newton Conservators and the Environmental League of Massachusetts and has earned a 100% rating from the Massachusetts Audubon Society.

Locally she has spearheaded efforts to protect Hammond Pond, Hemlock Gorge, Crystal Lake and the Chestnut Hill Waterworks. Concerned with the protection of land across Massachusetts, she is the lead House sponsor for the Public Lands Preservation Act.

Responding to scientific evidence that the climate crisis is developing even faster than previously understood, Rep. Balser has stepped up and made climate solutions legislation a top priority. She is the lead House sponsor of An Act to Secure a Clean Energy Future, a comprehension climate solutions bill that updates the state's Global Warming Solutions Act, Working with the Green Energy Consumer Alliance, she has filed legislation whose aim is to replace fossil fuel burning furnaces with heat pumps.


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