From:                                         Ian Swope <ianswope@me.com>

Sent:                                           Friday, July 26, 2019 6:38 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,

 

Jennifer Swope