From: Ingrid Geis <idgeis@comcast.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2019 5:40 PM
To: RPS, DOER (ENE)
Subject: Wood Burning Does Not Belong In Our Renewable Portfolio
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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 but it also involves destroying trees that are 20-30 years old which absorb tremendous amounts of CO2. This proposal is a double negative! Please do not allow this to happen. Massachusetts deserves better than this.
Sincerely yours,
Ingrid Geis
Winchester, MA