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.
Governor Healey made a campaign promise to "end subsidies for forest bioenergy for electricity and commercial-scale heat" -- these are the bills that will make that happen!
More information here: https://www.notoxicbiomass.org/