From:                                         Amy Hunter <aehunter3@gmail.com>

Sent:                                           Tuesday, July 23, 2019 2:58 PM

To:                                               RPS, DOER (ENE)

Subject:                                     RPS should definitely not include wood burning

 

Dear Mr. Wassam,

 

I am writing you as a concerned resident of Massachusetts.  I have just learned that the Baker Administration is trying to change the definition of renewable energy to include and incentivize wood-burning power plants.  We have only a decade to try and reverse our CO2 emissions situation and avert climate disaster – we should be doing everything in our power to move towards clean energy.  Burning wood is not clean energy:  it not only leads to pollution and increased particulates in the air but it also involves destroying trees that are 20-30 years old which absorb tremendous amounts of CO2.  This proposal is a double negative!  Please do not allow this to happen.  Massachusetts deserves better than this.

 

Sincerely yours,

 

Amy Hunter Maguire

781-729-6322

Winchester, MA