From: gmagreene@aol.com
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2019 1:29 PM
To: RPS, DOER (ENE)
Subject: Renewable Portfolio Standard
Dear Mr. Wassam,
I am a resident of western MA and I ask that the changes regarding
biomass in the RPS be withdrawn. It is unthinkable to me, given where we
are with climate change, that biomass could be considered as a renewable energy
source, particularly since entire trees and forests are being leveled now to
produce wood pellets and fuel biomass plants.
In addition, placing a biomass plant in the Springfield area adds
insult to injury. Springfield, with one of the highest asthma rates in
the country, deserves better from our government than this callous disregard
for the health of its citizens. And we all deserve for our
government to be in the business of protecting our communities and our MA
forests, not further harming them.
Please reconsider these disastrous changes that further undermine
what chances we have to genuinely confront the climate crisis.
Reverend Georganne Greene
Pelham, MA 011002