McNeil Biomass Plant -  Burlington, Vermont

                 IT'S TIME TO STOP SUBSIDIES FOR BIOMASS IN MASSACHUSETTS 

"No Backtracking on Biomass!" is the New Rallying Cry in Massassachusetts

March 19, 2024

A confounding new bill, now numbered H.4503, has emerged from the MA Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities & Energy (TUE) – a bill that would dramatically increase subsidies for wood boilers and furnaces under the “renewable thermal” program of the state’s Alternative Portfolio Standard. The bill would also eliminate a long-awaited state study on the environmental and public health impacts of burning woody biomass.

Seventy-five groups signed a letter to TUE opposing this provision, and reiterating their support for two bills introduced by State Senator Adam Gomez and Representative Orlando Ramos, (S.2136/H.3210 and S.2137/H.3211) that would eliminate most remaining subsidies for woody biomass burning. 

Individuals are urged to contact their own legislators to support the Gomez/Ramos bills and say NO to any backtracking on biomass.

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