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