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HEALTHJul 6 · 20:43 UTCCOMMONWEALTH BEACONAnastasiia Boltkova, Hayes Botnick, Quyen Nguyen, and Ying Niu

Healing or harming? Boston hospitals struggle with emissions.

Boston hospitals in the Longwood Medical Area rely on the fossil-fuel-powered Medical Area Total Energy Plant (MATEP), which is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions linked to respiratory and cardiovascular illnesses. Despite Boston's Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance (BERDO) aiming for net-zero emissions by 2050, hospitals face challenges due to limited control over MATEP's operations.

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Medical Area Total Energy PlantorganizationRegina LaRocquepersonBoston Climate Action NetworkorganizationBoston Children’s HospitalplaceBuilding Emissions Reduction and Disclosure OrdinancetopicLongwood Medical AreaplaceHarvard Medical Schoolorganization
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