The Senate leadership’s economic development bill does spend more on environmental infrastructure overall than the House, according to a Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation analysis, once items such as electric-car chargers are factored in. But Mass Audubon president David O’Neill said it’s important to spend money on open space preservation in particular, even while supporting the other environmental causes.
July 20, 2022
FY 2022
Mass Audubon wants more state spending on open space
The Senate leadership’s economic development bill does spend more on environmental infrastructure overall than the House, according to a Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation analysis, once items such as electric-car chargers are factored in. But Mass Audubon president David O’Neill said it’s important to spend money on open space preservation in particular, even while supporting the other environmental causes.