From: Lisa Merton <lisamerton@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2019 3:48 PM
To: RPS, DOER (ENE)
Subject: For John Wassam re changes to MA RPS
Categories: Has Not Been Sumarized
Dear John Wassam,
I have always thought of Massachusetts as a leader when it comes to our environment. I do not live in MA but I do live right over the line in Vermont and I understand that the proposed changes to the MA RPS could impact the entire Northeast, including Vermont, since it would offer lucrative RECs to ALL biomass energy sold to MA, not just what is generated in MA.
Burning biomass is not clean, green, renewable, or sustainable! Of all the states in the union, MA knows that best. The Manomet study of 2012 made MA the first state in the nation and in the world to recognize that burning trees for energy increases green house gas emissions. I have spent the last 3 years producing a film on this subject so I have seen the damage that biomass plants are causing all over the US and abroad not just in terms of GHG but also in terms of devastating forest destruction. I am appalled that the Baker administration is ignoring the science at this time in the history of this planet when it is clear that we need to take all measures possible to assure a future for all. Wood-fired power plants are even more polluting than coal plants!
I am calling on DOER to withdraw its changes to the biomass rules instead of paying polluters.
Thank you,
Lisa Merton
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Lisa Merton, Co-Producer/Director
BURNED: Are Trees the New Coal?
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