The report card is in, and 2025 results show that Massachusetts is going to need to cram if it’s going to meet its ambitious climate commitments.
The slow pace of progress in the transportation sector, which accounts for the largest share of the Bay State’s planet-warming emissions at 38 percent, reveals that the state’s climate mandates are in serious trouble as Massachusetts remains noticeably off track of its electric vehicle targets.
To Katherine Antos, the state’s undersecretary for decarbonization and resilience, the latest climate report card released Friday is evidence that the GOP leadership in Washington is hampering climate action in Massachusetts.
“My big takeaway is 2025 was a difficult year for climate action,” Antos said in an interview. “You really see firsthand the impact of losing our federal partner, from really important federal tax credits that ended early, to the unlawful termination of federal grants, to the halting of permits for key projects, and attacks on states’ authority to move the ball forward.”
The state’s self-assessment comes as it races to reduce its carbon pollution to 50 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 and produce no new net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 — all while confronting a hostile federal government and an affordability crisis sweeping the state.
Published by MassINC