Community Choice Energy and bag ban become city policy

The City of Boston ended 2017 with two important steps:

The City Council passed and Mayor Walsh signed the Community Choice Energy order, which allows the city to determine where we buy our electricity and thereby increase the amount of renewables in the mix. GreeningRozzie stands with the Boston Climate Action Network and the Green Justice Coalition as they monitor the city’s efforts to implement Community Choice Energy.

The City Council also passed and Mayor Walsh also signed a ban on single-use plastic shopping bags, which promises to reduce a major source of pollution in our neighborhoods and in the world’s oceans.