From: Patricia Crotty <pcrottyart@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2019 6:44 PM
To: RPS, DOER (ENE)
Subject: Don't burn wood for energy, we need real clean, renewable
energy
Dear John Wassam,
I am writing to support
passing H.853, “An Act to assure the attainment of greenhouse gas emissions
goals in the alternative portfolio standard,” but I want the bill to be amended
to take biomass burning out of the Renewable Portfolio Standard.
Burning wood is not clean
energy, it increases air pollution and hurts our climate. It produces more CO2
emissions than either oil or natural gas furnaces. We need trees and forests
now more than ever, they can play a huge role in ameliorating the terrible
damage we have done to our environment.
We don’t have much time to
act, and every delay adds enormously to the problem. Clean energy options are
available, and they need to be supported. We can’t be investing in energy that
only seems cleaner than traditional sources.
Programs that support wind
and solar energy are the future, and we must act now to support them. The cost
of inaction or misguided action, such as burning wood, which will only add to
the problem, is immeasurable, both in financial terms and in our quality of
life.
Sincerely,
Patricia Crotty
Arlington, MA