From: Roslyn Feldberg <roslynf@rcn.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2019 10:32 AM
To: RPS, DOER (ENE)
Subject: Proposed changes to RPS Class I and RPS Class II
Dear John Wassam,
I am
writing to strongly oppose the proposed changes to RPS Class I and RPS Class II
regulations that would weaken restrictions on the use of wood bioenergy.
Peer-reviewed scientific research from respected scientists has shown that the
climate impacts of wood bioenergy are worse than coal for decades to centuries under most
management scenarios. Massachusetts could be in a position to lead on
science-based climate policy – instead the proposed changes would increase
emissions of climate pollutants while diminishing the capacity of forests to
absorb those pollutants. I write as a retired social scientist and a mother.
The future of our children and grandchildren hangs in the balance of the
climate choices we make today. I urge you to demonstrate that Massachusetts
embraces science-based policy by taking biomass out of the APS and ensuring
that it is not included in the RPS.
Sincerely,
Roslyn
Feldberg
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Roslyn
Feldberg, PhD
Independent
Scholar
Roslynf@rcn
.com
(617)
879-0558