Dear Governor Baker,

 

Although you and your administration claim to recognize the urgency of our climate crisis, I do not see you choosing to take the necessary urgent, dramatic actions needed to save us. I am writing to beg you as the leader of the Commonwealth to listen to the many scientists and citizens who are calling for a stop to the attempts to change RPS Class I.  It would be a terrible mistake to reduce or eliminate the core requirements of the 2012 RPS bioenergy rules. I'm sure you've received many letters outlining why would be such a disaster, so I won't bore you with a long tirade about why it's a very bad idea to subsidize and encourage the burning of trees.

Suffice to say that we need to keep trees in the ground to capture CO2 emissions and burning wood produces dangerous emissions that add to the warming of the planet and air pollution.

 

For the sake of my beautiful three year old granddaughter, and all the children of the Commonwealth, please do the right thing. Be the  hero we need.

 

I beg you to withdraw the proposed eligibility changes to RPS Class I and Class II.

 

Thank you for your consideration,

Constance Dawson

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