From: Carolyn Barthel <carolyncbarthel@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2019 3:10 PM
To: RPS, DOER (ENE)
Subject: Withdraw the DOER dirty biomass rules
Dear
Mr. Wassam,
Do
not include biomass as a Class I RPS. It is not equivalent to the
net-zero emissions that solar and offshore wind are. When you burn
biomass, you create carbon emissions and particulate matter pollution.
Biomass is not net-zero: it takes ages for trees to grow so you've lost all
that carbon absorption in the meantime. Here's an article that eloquently
explains the issue:
DO
NOT INCLUDE BIOMASS AS A CLASS I RESOURCE!
Thank
you!
Sincerely,
Carolyn
Barthel
50
Asylum Street
Mendon,
MA 01756