Biomass Action Alert – Call Your House Reps This Week!

Great news… progress on biomass!

Thanks to all your support, the Telecommunications, Utilities, and Energy (TUE) Committee voted favorably last week in support of our biomass bill, S. 2197. The bill will now proceed to the Senate Ways and Means Committee for consideration.

Senate Bill S.2197 and it’s House companion, H.3333, will remove incentives and subsidies for polluting biomass energy from our state’s clean energy programs ..  

We know the biomass industry is working hard behind the scenes to kill the bill.  But while they may have deep pockets, they don’t have what we have – people power!  

Please do 2 things this week:

  1. Contact  your state representative and urge them to co-sponsor H.3333 to remove woody biomass from the RPS and the APS (or thank them if they are already co-sponsors)
  2. Contact Sen. Mike Barrett and Rep. Jeff Roy, the Chairs of the TUE Committee, and THANK them for voting S2197 out of their committee with a favorable vote. 

Please call as soon as possible!!

Click here to find out who represents you and how to contact them

Click here for more information about the bill and to see the list of cosponsors.

Sample phone script:

  1. For current cosponsors

“Hi, my name is __________ and I live in _________.  It is really important to me that Massachusetts stop subsidizing dirty biomass in its clean energy programs. Thank you for cosponsoring H.3333, An Act to prevent biomass energy to protect the air we breathe. [Add more about why you support this bill].  

  1. For all others:

“Hi, my name is __________ and I live in ___________.  It is really important to me that Massachusetts stop subsidizing dirty biomass in its clean energy programs. I urge you to  support and cosponsor H.3333, An Act to prevent biomass energy to protect the air we breathe.  [Add more about why you support this bill].  

Jeffrey.Roy@mahouse.gov

Phone:

(617) 722-2030

District Office

Phone:

(508) 520-3100

Mike.Barrett@masenate.gov

Phone

(617) 722-1572

Sample phone script:

“Hi, my name is __________ and I live in _________.  It is really important to me that Massachusetts stop subsidizing dirty biomass in its clean energy programs. Thank you for your leadership in moving S2197 out of the TUE committee with a favorable vote. [Add more about why you support this bill].