From:                                                       gmagreene@aol.com

Sent:                                                         Monday, May 20, 2019 1:29 PM

To:                                                            RPS, DOER (ENE)

Subject:                                                   Renewable Portfolio Standard

 

Dear Mr. Wassam,

I am a resident of western MA and I ask that the changes regarding biomass in the RPS be withdrawn.  It is unthinkable to me, given where we are with climate change, that biomass could be considered as a renewable energy source, particularly since entire trees and forests are being leveled now to produce wood pellets and fuel biomass plants.

 

In addition, placing a biomass plant in the Springfield area adds insult to injury.  Springfield, with one of the highest asthma rates in the country, deserves better from our government than this callous disregard for the health of its citizens.   And we all deserve for our government to be in the business of protecting our communities and our MA forests, not further harming them. 

 

Please reconsider these disastrous changes that further undermine what chances we have to genuinely confront the climate crisis.

 

Reverend Georganne Greene

Pelham, MA 011002