From:                                         Gina Sonder <gina.sonder@gm.slc.edu>

Sent:                                           Saturday, May 25, 2019 9:35 PM

To:                                               RPS, DOER (ENE)

Cc:                                               Lynette Culverhouse; paul.mark@mahouse.gov; anne.gobi@masenate.gov

Subject:                                     Palmer Wood-burning Power Plant

 

ATTENTION:John Wassam

 

To whom it may concern;

The proposal to have a wood-burning "Biomass Renewable Energy Plant" is an oxymoron.  Burning wood releases CO2 and particulates into the air, and is the LAST thing that this Planet needs.  Burning Wood is akin to burning it's cousin - Coal.

I strongly object to the DOER granting RECs to industries which burn trees and claim that this is an environmentally sound, renewable process. 

Leave the Coal in the Ground and Leave the Trees anchored to the Ground.  The Planet needs it's mature forests under Mother Nature's management, not the culling of trees by for-profit companies under the guise of "Forest Management."

Call their bluff.  The Palmer plant does not meet the Renewable Energy Standard.

Gina Sonder

Arlington, MA 02476

 

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