From:                                                       Cynthia Turnbull <cturnbull@strhlaw.com>

Sent:                                                         Friday, July 26, 2019 12:59 PM

To:                                                            RPS, DOER (ENE)

Subject:                                                   OPPOSITION to proposed biomass regulations

 

Importance:                                           High

 

Categories:                                             Saved as HTML

 

Dear Mr. Wassam – I am writing to you as citizen of western Massachusetts.  I urge you to reject any proposed regulations that would enable biomass projects to move forward in Massachusetts.  As you must be well aware, there are significant environmental and public health impacts from biomass energy.  In addition, biomass energy will significant deplete one of our greatest natural resources – our forests.  Science clearly shows that forests help us reduce our carbon emissions – so why in the world would we want to encourage any type of energy that will deplete our forests?  Please, please, please do NOT support, pass or enable any regulations that make will enable biomass projects to move forward in Massachusetts.  The cost of doing so far, far outweighs any perceived potential benefit.

 

Thank you for taking the time to consider my concerns and my opposition to the proposed changes to the biomass regulations. 

 

Cynthia J. Turnbull, Esq.

14 North Bears Den Drive

Sunderland, MA 01375

cturnbull@strhlaw.com