Environmental Tax Reform – MA issued the following statement today in response to Berwick’s announcement that he is supporting environmental tax reform:
Environmental Tax Reform – MA (ETR-MA) today praised Democratic gubernatorial candidate Don Berwick for endorsing comprehensive environmental tax reform.
ETR-MA Statement Regarding Berwick Support for ETR, 2-25-14
“We are thrilled that Don Berwick has adopted environmental tax reform as part of his platform. This is exactly the kind of leadership we in Massachusetts expect and want from all our candidates for the highest office,” said Jessica Langerman, President of ETR-MA.
“We are not the kind of people who stand by and watch while childhood asthma rates soar, or while our neighbors are losing their homes to huge storms,” Langerman said. “We have the economic tools to reduce the fossil fuels that are damaging our health, our food supply, our environment and our economy. Let’s use them.”
“As the economic study by Regional Economic Models Inc. (REMI) showed, we can grow our economy and cut the harmful fossil fuel pollution at the same time, while making sure Massachusetts families get a much-needed tax break and an opportunity to shift to lower-cost energy alternatives,” Langerman said. “We can break the connection between the cost of fossil fuels and the cost of living.”
“As Joe Avellone and Don Berwick have done, we hope all candidates for governor will adopt this forward-looking policy and we hope to work with all of them,” Langerman said.
ETR-MA is building broad-based support for environmental tax reform through research, education and advocacy. We want Massachusetts to be the first state in the nation to adopt environmental tax reform as the cornerstone of our economic and environmental policy.
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