Bill > H4438

This bill promotes climate change adaptation, environmental and natural resource protection, and investment in recreational assets and opportunity. Key provisions include: - Providing grants and low-interest loans to replace and modernize underground petroleum storage tank equipment to reduce pollution risk. - Funding improvements to the infrastructure and holdings of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, including buildings, equipment, vehicles, and communication and technology. - Creating grant programs for land, water, and natural resource conservation, open space preservation, and recreational projects. - Funding coastal infrastructure resilience measures like seawalls, jetties, and beach nourishment. - Repairing and improving state-owned dams and inland flood control projects. - Acquiring land and interests in land for conservation, recreation, and forest protection. - Establishing the Global Warming Solutions Trust Fund, Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness grant program, and other funds to finance climate change adaptation and mitigation. - Enhancing environmental justice programs, including an environmental justice advisory council, environmental justice coordinator positions, and increased enforcement and public participation in communities disproportionately impacted by pollution.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H4438