From:                                         Clawson, Mary Ann <mclawson@wesleyan.edu>

Sent:                                           Wednesday, July 24, 2019 4:03 PM

To:                                               RPS, DOER (ENE)

Subject:                                     Oppose biomass proposal!!!

 

Dear John Wassam, 

 

I’m writing to oppose DOER’s proposal to count energy produced by biomass power plants toward the state’s renewable energy goals.  Biomass has been shown to be highly polluting; it will add to rather than lessen carbon emissions and to produce harmful particulate matter that is a danger to health.  

 

If, as is likely, a biomass facility is located in East Springfield, the environmental costs will weigh most heavily on low income communities that already suffer from high rates of asthma and other serious health problems that a biomass facility will only worsen.  

 

The biomass exception is a bogus form of renewable energy and a threat to health.  It must be rejected by the Commonwealth!

 

Sincerely,

Mary Ann Clawson

43 Munroe St.

Northampton MA 01060