From: Mark Gurarie <markgurarie@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2019 1:07 PM
To: RPS, DOER (ENE)
Subject: Comment on the RPS Class I and RPS Class II
Dear John Wassam,
I am a Massachusetts resident who is concerned about the environmental impact of woodburning biomass plants in our state and oppose their inclusion in the MA Portfolio Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards. There's a broad consensus that the impact of human activity is reaching a point of no return, and policy changes such as this will only make a very bad situation worse. At the end of the day, woodburning biomass plants release more CO2 into the atmosphere than coal, and they're not a practical or ethical solution to Mass's energy needs. I am also concerned about the particulate and carcinogenic matter released by this means of production as this certainly and directly affects the air we breathe. Do the right thing for the people of Mass today, tomorrow, and the day after, and remove woodburning biomass plants from this Portfolio.
Sincerely,
Mark Gurarie--Florence, MA