{"id":41502,"date":"2020-10-02T13:14:08","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T17:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebeatnews.org\/BeatTeam\/?page_id=41502"},"modified":"2020-10-02T13:14:08","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T17:14:08","slug":"ma-environmental-town-bylaws-and-ordinances","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebeatnews.org\/BeatTeam\/ma-environmental-town-bylaws-and-ordinances\/","title":{"rendered":"MA Environmental Town Bylaws and Ordinances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Due to community interest, we have begun compiling a working list of environmental town bylaws and ordinances. These include pollinators and pesticides, solar promotion and regulation, wind power, pipelines, building and energy codes, and climate change planning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>This document is intended for community use and to grow with community input.<\/strong> Want to help us make this resource more robust?\u00a0Does your town have a bylaw or initiative not listed? Did we miss a category? Send us a note to connect and we can get working! 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