From:                                                       Paul L <lauenstein@comcast.net>

Sent:                                                         Friday, July 26, 2019 9:22 PM

To:                                                            RPS, DOER (ENE)

Subject:                                                   You cannot fool Mother Nature

Attachments:                                         CO2 levels 800,000.pdf

 

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State net-zero carbon goal under review

 

BOSTON - Energy Secretary Kathleen Theoharides said Tuesday that the Baker administration is exploring more aggressive carbon reduction targets for Massachusetts, including what it would take to go net-zero by 2050, but would not commit to lawmakers to speeding up the state’s emission reduction goals.

 

The way to achieve net zero is not to re-classify dirty biomass fuel as clean. You might be able to fool some of the public that way, but you won’t fool Mother Nature.

 

Please build Massachusetts' energy future around truly clean technologies such as wind and solar. We need to protect and preserve our forests so they can continue to remove and sequester some of the excess CO2 that’s already in the atmosphere.

 

Paul Lauenstein

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Sharon, MA 02067

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