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<font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">IMPORTANT BIOMESS HEARING UPDATE</span></font><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><pre><font size="4"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><br></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Please come to a very important hearing in Boston, Wednesday Feb 24th</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> 9 to 1 p.m. , Room B1, State House, Boston</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy are having</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">the hearing on House Bill 4458 that would exclude biomass plants from receiving </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">taxpayer "clean" energy subsidies. </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><a style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" href="http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/house/186/ht04pdf/ht04458.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/house/186/ht04pdf/ht04458.pdf</a><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">This bill would convert into law the citizen's ballot referendum that collected over</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">78,000 </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">certified signatures last fall which would ensure our clean energy subsidies go to</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">genuinely </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">clean sources such as solar, geothermal, appropriately scaled wind and hydro,</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">efficiency </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">conservation etc instead of dirty biomass plants which pollute more than coal</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">plants. The </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">legislature can pass the ballot measure into law without making it go to a vote next</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">November, </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">and this is an opportunity to ask them to do so.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The main points to make are that biomass energy is dirty and will add to air</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">pollution and corresponding </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">health problems, adds more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere than coal which will</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">worsen global warming </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">impacts, and will cause widespread deforestation, the opposite of what we need to be</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">doing at this time. </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Biomass burning is not the same as solar, geothermal, properly located wind, etc,</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">and should not be </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">receiving our "clean" energy subsidies. Please see the following link for some</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">background: </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><a style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" href="http://www.maforests.org/Biomess2.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.maforests.org/Biomess2.pdf</a><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">There is a bus planned to leave western MA to help people attend the hearing.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">6:15 a.m., from Ingleside Mall Entrance-Large Parking Lot Across from Barnes &</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Noble. ( Exit 15 off I 91) </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Suggested donation for bus: $15 or $20 cash, (cost depends upon how many show up). </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> RSVP to Beth- by </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Monday noon </span><a style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" href="http://webmail.valleyfreeradio.org/src/compose.php?send_to=eadams333@gmail.com" target="_blank">eadams333@gmail.com</a><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">If you cannot make the hearing, you may submit written comments copied to all of the</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">following:</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Senator Michael Morrissey, Senator Therese Murray </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Room 413 D, State House </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Boston MA 02133</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Representative Barry Finegold </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><br>Room 473D, State House </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Boston, MA 02133</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">House Staff: </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Room 473B, State House</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Boston, MA 02133 </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Senate Staff</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Room 413D, State House</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Boston, MA 0213</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">See hearing info below:</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">JOINT COMMITTEE ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS, UTILITIES AND ENERGY</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">STATE HOUSE ROOM 473-B, BOSTON 02133-1053</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> Michael W. Morrissey</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> Barry R. Finegold</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> Senate Chairman</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> House Chairman</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Notice of a Public Hearing</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Please be advised that the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Energy will be hearing the </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">following bills on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 9:00am in Room B-1</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> S. 2234</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> T. Murray</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> An Act relative to the financing of wind energy facilities in the town of Falmouth</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> H. 1152</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> B. Dempsey;</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> M. Morrissey</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> An Act establishing a Renewable Portfolio Standard for New Baseload Low Cost</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Renewable Energy</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> H. 4432</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> S. Walsh</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> An Act Authorizing an Alternative Mode of Design and Construction for the</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Relocation and Replacement of a Water Line Under the Saugus River</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> H. 4458</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> Initiative petition of Susan E. Laing and others</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> An Act to Limit Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Renewable and Alternative Energy</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Sources</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Other bills may be added to the hearing schedule. An executive session may follow</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">the hearing.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Please feel free to contact Committee staff with any questions</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">(617) 722-2263</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Caitriona M. Fitzgerald</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Legal Counsel</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities, and Energy</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">State House, Room 473B</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Phone: 617.722.2263</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">E-mail: </span><a style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" href="http://webmail.valleyfreeradio.org/src/compose.php?send_to=caitriona.fitzgerald@state.ma.us" target="_blank">caitriona.fitzgerald@state.ma.us</a><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Thanks</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Chris</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Massachusetts Forest Watch</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.maforests.org/" target="_blank">www.maforests.org</a></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.maforests.org/Biomess.ppt" target="_blank">www.maforests.org/Biomess.ppt</a></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">413-341-3878</span></font><br><br>Speak Up For The Trees!</pre><br><br><br><br>***************************************
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