From:                                         Bonnie Cohen <bz49h@yahoo.com>

Sent:                                           Wednesday, June 5, 2019 4:31 PM

To:                                               RPS, DOER (ENE)

Cc:                                               Brad Braufman

Subject:                                     PLEASE  do not weaken our commitment to renewable energy

 

Dear John Wassam,

I am writing to strongly oppose the proposed changes to RPS Class I and RPS Class II regulations that would weaken restrictions on the use of wood bioenergy. Peer-reviewed scientific research has shown that the climate impacts of wood bioenergy are worse than coal for decades to centuries under most management scenarios.

 

 


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Massachusetts could be in a position to lead on science-based climate policy.  Instead, the proposed changes would increase emissions of climate pollutants while diminishing the capacity of forests to absorb those pollutants. I write as a physician, concerned citizen and a mother of a four-year-old boy, whose future hangs in the balance of the climate choices we make today. I urge you to demonstrate that Massachusetts embraces science-based policy by taking biomass out of the APS and ensuring that it is not included in the RPS.

 

 

Sincerely,

 

Bonnie F. Cohen, MD

 

Mothers Out Front