From:                                         Steven Botkin <sdbotkin@gmail.com>

Sent:                                           Monday, June 3, 2019 12:08 PM

To:                                               RPS, DOER (ENE)

Subject:                                     Opposition to rollback of biomass RPS

 

Dear John Wassam,

 

I oppose the proposed changes in the Renewable Portfolio Standard for biomass.

The climate crisis is happening now. This is not a distant future. The evidence coming in is more clear every day.

Greenhouse gases are radically changing the climate around the world, threatening life as we know it. Burning trees for energy increases greenhouse gas emissions and destroys forest ecosystems that protect and sustain us.

Corporate interests continue to manipulate and lie about these facts as they pursue resource extraction for short-term economic gain. Continuing to strip the land of resources reflects relationships of colonial ownership that have increasingly desecrated and dominated this land. Social inequities of race and class protect people with privilege from the most harmful effects of these violations, and put others in harm’s way.

A growing coalition of environmental and social justice groups are organizing to let you know that supporting an industry that strips the land of its forests and increases carbon emissions is a bad direction for us - locally, regionally and globally. And we are letting you know that this citizen mobilization will continue to grow, if this blatant violation of our environment and the best interests of our communities is pursued.

Steven Botkin

Pelham, Massachusetts