From: Bonnie Cohen <bz49h@yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2019 4:31 PM
To: RPS, DOER (ENE)
Cc: Brad Braufman
Subject: PLEASE do not weaken
our commitment to renewable energy
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 has shown that the climate impacts of wood bioenergy are worse than
coal for decades to centuries under most management scenarios.
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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 physician,
concerned citizen and a mother of a four-year-old boy, whose future 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,
Bonnie F. Cohen, MD
Mothers Out Front