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AG calls utility companies’ climate plans ‘completely inadequate’ and four more stories

by CommonWealth Beacon staff, CommonWealth Beacon
April 25, 2026

<h1>AG calls utility companies’ climate plans ‘completely inadequate’ and four more stories</h1>
<p class="byline">by CommonWealth Beacon staff, CommonWealth Beacon <br />April 25, 2026</p>

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<p>Welcome back to the Saturday Send, a weekly digest of stories from <em>CommonWealth Beacon</em> that you may have missed. </p>
<p>This week, reporter Jordan Wolman covers Attorney General Andrea Campbell's admonishment of Massachusetts's five gas companies for submitting "<a href="https://commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/ag-campbell-mass-gas-companies-need-to-overhaul-their-climate-plans-or-face-penalties/" id="https://commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/ag-campbell-mass-gas-companies-need-to-overhaul-their-climate-plans-or-face-penalties/">completely inadequate</a>" climate compliance plans. Campbell recommended that the Department of Public Utilities issue fines if suppliers don't submit substantially reworked roadmaps for weaning customers off natural gas.</p>
<p>Plus, Cape leaders fear that a federal failure to finance the replacement of a <a href="https://commonwealthbeacon.org/transportation/anxious-cape-leaders-worried-about-funding-for-bourne-bridge-replacement/" id="https://commonwealthbeacon.org/transportation/anxious-cape-leaders-worried-about-funding-for-bourne-bridge-replacement/">91-year-old bridge</a> will lead to costly stopgap repairs, state policymakers mull restricting children's <a href="https://commonwealthbeacon.org/government/how-would-proposed-age-restrictions-on-social-media-use-actually-work/" id="https://commonwealthbeacon.org/government/how-would-proposed-age-restrictions-on-social-media-use-actually-work/">social media use</a>, the Senate energy chair signals the chamber may not be on board with the House's plan to <a href="https://commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/senate-energy-chair-signals-departure-from-house-on-1b-cut-to-mass-save/" id="https://commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/senate-energy-chair-signals-departure-from-house-on-1b-cut-to-mass-save/">cut $1 billion</a> from Mass Save, and the Supreme Judicial Court upholds the verdict finding tobacco company <a href="https://commonwealthbeacon.org/courts/record-smashing-tobacco-verdict-doesnt-warrant-a-new-trial-sjc-rules/" id="https://commonwealthbeacon.org/courts/record-smashing-tobacco-verdict-doesnt-warrant-a-new-trial-sjc-rules/">Phillip Morris liable</a> in the lung cancer death of a Middlesex County woman.</p>
<p>Check out those stories below, and, as always, thanks for reading.</p>
<p>— The <em>CommonWealth Beacon</em> team</p>
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The Saturday Send

Welcome back to the Saturday Send, a weekly digest of stories from CommonWealth Beacon that you may have missed. 

This week, reporter Jordan Wolman covers Attorney General Andrea Campbell's admonishment of Massachusetts's five gas companies for submitting "completely inadequate" climate compliance plans. Campbell recommended that the Department of Public Utilities issue fines if suppliers don't submit substantially reworked roadmaps for weaning customers off natural gas.

Plus, Cape leaders fear that a federal failure to finance the replacement of a 91-year-old bridge will lead to costly stopgap repairs, state policymakers mull restricting children's social media use, the Senate energy chair signals the chamber may not be on board with the House's plan to cut $1 billion from Mass Save, and the Supreme Judicial Court upholds the verdict finding tobacco company Phillip Morris liable in the lung cancer death of a Middlesex County woman.

Check out those stories below, and, as always, thanks for reading.

— The CommonWealth Beacon team

AG Campbell: Mass. gas companies need to overhaul their climate plans — or face penalties

By Jordan Wolman

The central tension: Getting Eversource, National Grid, Unitil, Berkshire Gas, and Liberty to move away from how they currently make money — providing gas to customers.

READ MORE

Anxious Cape leaders worried about funding for Bourne Bridge replacement

By Chris Lisinski

The Sagamore Bridge replacement project is fully funded, but barely any money has been committed to its partner, and some local officials think it’s time for Beacon Hill to start committing additional resources to guarantee success.

READ MORE

How would proposed age restrictions on social media use actually work?

By Jennifer Smith

Massachusetts may join a growing number of governments here and abroad looking to force stricter rules for social media companies with young users.

READ MORE

Senate energy chair signals departure from House on $1B cut to Mass Save

By Jordan Wolman

Finding consensus on how best to strike a balance between stemming high prices, meeting rising power demand, and achieving ambitious climate commitments has proven fraught.

READ MORE

Record-smashing tobacco verdict doesn’t warrant a new trial, SJC rules

By Jennifer Smith

Massachusetts’s highest court on Wednesday affirmed $56 million in punitive damages in a wrongful death suit against tobacco giant Philip Morris, rejecting the company’s argument that a jury’s initial award was so extreme it demonstrated prejudice requiring a new trial.

READ MORE

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The Saturday Send

Welcome back to the Saturday Send, a weekly digest of stories from CommonWealth Beacon that you may have missed.

This week, reporter Jordan Wolman covers Attorney General Andrea Campbell’s admonishment of Massachusetts’s five gas companies for submitting “completely inadequate” climate compliance plans. Campbell recommended that the Department of Public Utilities issue fines if suppliers don’t submit substantially reworked roadmaps for weaning customers off natural gas.

Plus, Cape leaders fear that a federal failure to finance the replacement of a 91-year-old bridge will lead to costly stopgap repairs, state policymakers mull restricting children’s social media use, the Senate energy chair signals the chamber may not be on board with the House’s plan to cut $1 billion from Mass Save, and the Supreme Judicial Court upholds the verdict finding tobacco company Phillip Morris liable in the lung cancer death of a Middlesex County woman.

Check out those stories below, and, as always, thanks for reading.

— The CommonWealth Beacon team

AG Campbell: Mass. gas companies need to overhaul their climate plans — or face penalties

By Jordan Wolman

The central tension: Getting Eversource, National Grid, Unitil, Berkshire Gas, and Liberty to move away from how they currently make money — providing gas to customers.

Anxious Cape leaders worried about funding for Bourne Bridge replacement

By Chris Lisinski

The Sagamore Bridge replacement project is fully funded, but barely any money has been committed to its partner, and some local officials think it’s time for Beacon Hill to start committing additional resources to guarantee success.

How would proposed age restrictions on social media use actually work?

By Jennifer Smith

Massachusetts may join a growing number of governments here and abroad looking to force stricter rules for social media companies with young users.

Senate energy chair signals departure from House on $1B cut to Mass Save

By Jordan Wolman

Finding consensus on how best to strike a balance between stemming high prices, meeting rising power demand, and achieving ambitious climate commitments has proven fraught.

Record-smashing tobacco verdict doesn’t warrant a new trial, SJC rules

By Jennifer Smith

Massachusetts’s highest court on Wednesday affirmed $56 million in punitive damages in a wrongful death suit against tobacco giant Philip Morris, rejecting the company’s argument that a jury’s initial award was so extreme it demonstrated prejudice requiring a new trial.

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