From: Carolyn Barthel <carolyncbarthel@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2019 4:16 PM
To: RPS, DOER (ENE)
Subject: Withdraw the biomass regulations rollback
Dear Mr.
Wassam,
Governor
Baker has joined an alliance of U.S. governors that pledged to support the
Paris Climate Change Agreement. But the proposed regulations take Massachusetts
in the opposite direction. The Paris Agreement calls for reducing greenhouse
gas emissions and protecting forests as natural carbon sinks. Instead, DOER is
proposing using MA’s primary clean energy program to incentivize logging and
encourage inefficient biomass power plants that release more CO2 per
unit of energy than coal-fired power plants. This proposal undermines MA’s
ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as required by the Global Warming
Solutions Act, and contradicts the public statements Governor Baker has made
claiming to support the Paris Agreement.
Withdraw the
biomass regulations rollback as a Class I RPS source!
Thank you!
Sincerely,
Carolyn Barthel
50 Asylum
Street
Mendon, MA
01756