From:                                         Lauren Joslin <queenmargaux@gmail.com>

Sent:                                           Friday, June 7, 2019 1:06 PM

To:                                               RPS, DOER (ENE)

Subject:                                     RPS Class I and RPS Class II Regulations

 

Hello, 

I am writing to communicate my concern about the proposal to weaken regulations around biomass as an energy source. The idea that this is a "renewable" or "green" source of energy seriously concerns me as older trees are able to hold far more carbon than younger trees, therefore any deforestation, even if it involves planting new trees, can hardly be considered "renewable" and this is a dangerous concession as well as potentially harmful to residents neighboring the proposed wood burning plants which will be masquerading as environmentally friendly. Renewable, green energy is important to me and my family as a Massachusetts resident, but biomass is not the energy that I support, and I do not consider it to be green or renewable; it comes at a price in the form of emissions that our planet cannot afford to gamble with.

Sincerely,

Lauren Poole

Malden, MA