From: Susan Fagerstrom <smf530@yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2019 7:50 AM
To: RPS, DOER (ENE)
Subject: Wood burning does not belong in Renewable Energy's
portfolio
Dear Mr. Wassam,
I am writing you as a concerned
resident of Massachusetts. I have just learned that the Baker
Administration is trying to change the definition of renewable energy to
include and incentivize wood-burning power plants. We have only a decade
to try and reverse our CO2 emissions situation and avert climate disaster – we
should be doing everything in our power to move towards clean energy.
Burning wood is not clean energy: it not only leads to pollution and
increased particulates in the air.
Additionally, and more important,
wood burning involves destroying trees that are 20-30 years old (or even worse
if older) that absorb tremendous amounts of CO2. We cannot lose anything
that is helping us fight climate change now!! This proposal is a double
negative! Please do not allow this to happen. Massachusetts deserves
better than this.
Sincerely yours,
Susan Fagerstrom
Winchester, MA