After drawn-out battle, sweeping climate bill passes Mass. Legislature

A wide-ranging climate bill, including provisions to curb natural gas and speed up permitting for more green energy, is heading to Governor Maura Healey for signing after passing through the House on Thursday afternoon.

The bill’s passage arrived later than planned, several months after the close of the formal legislative session, but it is a shot in the arm to environmental advocates who have feared a breakdown for climate progress in the wake of the presidential election.

“It was a bitter fight at every step of the way,” said Kyle Murray, Massachusetts program director for the advocacy group the Acadia Center. “And yet, at the end of the day, we got a pretty ambitious climate bill out of it.”

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