From: KIT BOOS <scboos@comcast.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2019 4:26 PM
To: RPS, DOER (ENE)
Subject: RPS/APS/biomass
Dear
Mr Wassam,
I
cannot state more strongly my opposition to considering incineration of garbage
and wood as green, renewable energy. It is a complicated math that was
reasoned and worked out before, and the circumstances have not changed for the
better, but has become more dire. Climate change is upon us, and, indeed,
accelerating. We cannot afford to have more carbon and particulates
emissions that come from burning wood. Especially in Springfield, just
down the road from where I live, which has one of the highest asthma rates in
the country! Air doesn’t stay local, it circulates. The pioneer
valley as a whole has poorer air quality already from pollution that blows in
from NY state and the Midwest. We don’t need a biomass plant in
Springfield, and we do not need more subsidized wood burning in MA!
But
we can act locally to manage our emissions. I implore the DOER to not
loosen the already negotiated rules of the RPS/APS. In this time of
climate change, we need to double down on cutting carbon. We do not want
to be burning wood thoughtlessly when trees perform important functions such as
carbon capture and sequestration, anchoring soil preventing erosion, water
filtration and habitats for so many species of animals.
Please
listen to all the folks who are talking and writing to DOER on this issue that
really impacts the health of people (of Massachusetts) and planet.
Sincerely.
Kit
Sang Boos
Northampton
MA