Health and Environment Committee

CAMBRIDGE — June 22, 2026 — Cambridge committee reviews urban forest update targeting 35 percent citywide canopy coverage. The Health and Environment Committee, meeting with three of five members present, heard from DPW Commissioner Owen Nardone and consultant Eric Kramer of Reed Hilderbrand that citywide canopy cover has risen from 26.7

CAMBRIDGE — May 26, 2026 — Cambridge's Health and Environment Committee voted 4-0 to send a Zero Waste ordinance package to the full City Council with a favorable recommendation, aiming for a June 1 vote. Committee Chair Patty Nolan convened the meeting to review the first round of regulatory

CAMBRIDGE — March 31, 2026 — Cambridge Health and Environment Committee reviews Net Zero Action Plan, flags residential decarbonization as top unfinished work. The committee met Tuesday for its annual review of the city's building-sector climate plan, hearing from Cambridge Climate Chief Julie Wormser and Deputy Climate Chief Suzanne

CAMBRIDGE — March 25, 2026 — Cambridge Health and Environment Committee advances tobacco ordinance restructuring but rejects generational sales ban. The committee voted 5-0 on March 25 to direct city staff to draft language rescinding the youth access and sale section of Cambridge Municipal Code Chapter 8.28, allowing the Cambridge