Mass. falling short of key climate targets, with some bright spots, after one year of Trump attacks

The report card is in, and 2025 results show that Massachusetts is going to need to cram if it’s going to meet its ambitious climate commitments.

The governor, who faces reelection this year, also proposed a roughly 4 percent cut to environmental programs in her fiscal year 2027 budget.

“I don’t think anything here is insurmountable,” said Kyle Murray, Massachusetts state director for the Acadia Center, an environmental group. “We’ve got to get creative, and we’ve got to show a commitment to these things. We know that this is not just the morally right thing to do. We know it’s an affordability issue. This is why we have to do everything that we can.”

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