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