BOSTON — Officials from the eastern region of the United States, Canada and the Netherlands, including state Sen. Marc R. Pacheco, D-Taunton, gathered for a Council of State Governments/Eastern Regional Conference’s Energy and Environment Committee weather resiliency conference called, “Weathering the Storm: Moving Forward on Regional Resilience” at the Wyndham Boston Beacon Hill on Friday.
The conference, which attracted more than 80 people representing all branches of state government as well as leaders from the private and higher-education sector, aimed to discuss solutions for the increasing economic and environmental threats posed by extreme weather. The Council of State Governments/Eastern Regional Conference is comprised of state officials from 11 Northeastern states, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Québec.