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Speaker 1: The bill is supposed to bring energy costs down.

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Speaker 2: Environmental advocates have been critical because it was originally supposed

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Speaker 2: to weaken the state's emissions target for twenty thirty. Now,

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Speaker 2: the House Ways and Means Committee has decided to scrap

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Speaker 2: that part of the legislation. Committee chair of Representative Aaron

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Speaker 2: michael Witz says it was.

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Speaker 1: The right move for now, but may need to be revisited.

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Speaker 3: I think it's a conversation that we had, you know,

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Speaker 3: in the coming years here about will we get to

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Speaker 3: where we get to where we need to be by

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Speaker 3: twenty thirty.

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Speaker 2: He says it'll be hard for the state to reach

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Speaker 2: its goal, partly because of actings out of Washington.

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Speaker 3: The Trump administration, you know, kind of cutting our knees

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Speaker 3: out every chance they get, whether it's on wind or other. Uh,

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Speaker 3: you know, pieces solar, the solar tax credits being another one.

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Speaker 2: Michael Witch says his committee wants to be done with

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Speaker 2: the bill in the coming weeks.

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Speaker 1: Jeremy Ross WBZ, Boston's news radio