John Wassam,
I ask the Department
of Energy Resources and Governor Charlie Baker to stop renewable energy
subsidies for biomass and trash incineration in Massachusetts.
Having studied
ecology, I know that forests provide a myriad of benefits (some
quantifiable, others beyond counting) to human beings. As a pastor, I
know that forests are sacred, a precious gift of God's creation. While
renewable, they can be desecrated and destroyed.
Biomass and trash
incineration are bad for our health. Incineration pollutes our air with
toxic chemicals that can cause respiratory problems like asthma as well
as heart disease, cancer, and other serious health problems.
Incineration will have a negative impact on the health of all people
who live near these polluting facilities.
Further, biomass
incineration will exacerbate climate change at a time when we must be
doing everything in our power to stop it.
Massachusetts has
already made great strides towards increasing renewable energy to
protect our health and climate. Let’s not reverse that progress by
using funds set aside for clean, renewable energy to fund dirty,
polluting industries like biomass and trash incineration.
Fred Small
fsmall52@gmail.com
4 Theriault Court
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140
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