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Cooling our Homes & Buildings

While outdoor heat matters, people also experience high temperatures in their homes, schools, and workplaces. In fact, most heat-related deaths occur in people’s homes. Massachusetts buildings were historically designed to withstand cold winters, and older …

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PostedMon.05.04.26

Metropolitan Area Planning Council Awards More Than $512,000 to 20 Local Projects that Prioritize Housing Production, Climate Resilience, and Wealth and Health Equity

BOSTON – Twenty municipal and regional projects in the Greater Boston region will receive $512,490 in technical assistance funding from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council to advance regional priorities in» Read More
PostedMon.05.04.26

Mayor Wu and Bluebikes Municipalities Announce Five-Year Contract with Lyft, Major Electric Bike Fleet Expansion and Introduction of Charging Stations
PostedSat.01.24.26

A Statement of Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn and City Manager Yi-An Huang, Co-Chairs of the Metro Mayors Coalition

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Cooling our Homes & Buildings

Metropolitan Area Planning Council Awards More Than $512,000 to 20 Local Projects that Prioritize Housing Production, Climate Resilience, and Wealth and Health Equity

Mayor Wu and Bluebikes Municipalities Announce Five-Year Contract with Lyft, Major Electric Bike Fleet Expansion and Introduction of Charging Stations

A Statement of Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn and City Manager Yi-An Huang, Co-Chairs of the Metro Mayors Coalition

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