Legislative Campaign
These bills can stop biomass subsidies & prevent deadly pollution!
Governor Baker is trying to roll back Massachusetts’ renewable energy standards to allow large, polluting wood-burning power plants like Palmer to collect millions of dollars per year in renewable energy subsidies funded by Massachusetts ratepayers. We can't let that happen.
UPDATE: The Massachusetts Senate has passed legislation that would remove biomass subsidies from state renewable energy programs. Read a memo here.
In the 2021-2022 No Toxic Biomass urges support and passage of the following bills:
1) An Act to prevent biomass energy to protect the air we breathe
Click here for the Partnership for Policy Integrity's memo on this bill. Learn more about the RPS and APS here.
S.2197 sponsors & cosponsors:
Eric Lesser, First Hampden and Hampshire
Adam Gomez, Hampden
Sonia Chang-Diaz, 2nd Suffolk
Michelle L. Ciccolo, 15th Middlesex
Joanne Comerford, Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester
Sal N. DiDomenico, Middlesex and Suffolk
Carmine Lawrence Gentile, 13th Middlesex
Jason Lewis, 5th Middlesex
Jack Patrick Lewis, 7th Middlesex
John Keenan, Norfolk and Plymouth
Jay Livingstone, 8th Suffolk
Jacob Oliveira, 7th Hampden
Patrick O'Connor, Plymouth and Norfolk
Orlando Ramos, 9th Hampden
Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr., 12th Hampden
Walter Timilty, Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth
H.3333 sponsors & cosponsors:
Jay Livingstone, 8th Suffolk
Brian M. Ashe, 2nd Hampden
Ruth B. Balser, 12th Middlesex
Christine P. Barber, 34th Middlesex
Natalie M. Blais, 1st Franklin
Daniel R. Carey, 2nd Hampshire
Sonia Chang-Diaz, Second Suffolk
Michelle Ciccolo, 15th Middlesex
Joanne Comerford, Hampshire, Franklin, Worcester
Mike Connolly, 26th Middlesex
Marjorie Decker, 25th Middlesex
Mindy Domb, 3rd Hampshire
Michelle M. DuBois, 10th Plymouth
Patricia A. Duffy, 5th Hampden
Nika Elugardo, 15th Suffolk
Tricia Farley-Bouvier, 3rd Berkshire
Dylan Fernandes, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket
Michael Finn, 6th Hampden
Tami Gouveia, 14th Middlesex
Vanna Howard, 17th Middlesex
Meghan Kilcoyne, 12th Worcester
Carmine Lawrence Gentile, 13th Middlesex
Sean Garballey, 23rd Middlesex
Jessica Ann Giannino, 16th Suffolk
Jim Hawkins, 2nd Bristol
Natalie M. Higgins, 4th Worcester
Kay Khan, 11th Middlesex
David LeBoeuf, 17th Worcester
Jason Lewis, 5th Middlesex
Davis Paul Linsky, 5th Middlesex
Jack Patrick Lewis, 7th Middlesex
Adrian C. Madaro, 1st Suffolk
Joan Meschino, 3rd Plymouth
Steven Owens, 29th Middlesex
Jacob Oliveira, 7th Hampden
Alice Peisch, 14th Norfolk
Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr., 12th Hampden
Brian Murray, 10th Worcester
Tram T. Nguyen, 18th Essex
David Rogers, 24th Middlesex
Lindsay Sabadosa, 1st Hampshire
Jon Santiago, 9th Suffolk
Danillo Sena, 37th Middlesex
Thomas M. Stanley, 9th Middlesex
Walter F. Timilty, Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth
Erika Uyterhoeven, 27th Middlesex
Tommy Vitolo, 15th Norfolk
Bud L. Williams, 11th Hampden
2) An Act ensuring a healthy future for environmental justice communities
This bill disqualifies any highly polluting facility from being eligible for the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) if it is located near an environmental justice community.
Click here for the Partnership for Policy Integrity's memo on this bill.
S.2186 sponsor and cosponsors:
Adam Gomez, Hampden
Michelle L. Ciccolo, 15th Middlesex
Joanne M. Comerford, Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester
Sal N. DiDomenico, Middlesex and Suffolk
Carmine Lawrence Gentile, 13th Middlesex
Carlos Gonzalez, 19th Hampden
John F. Keenan, Norfolk and Plymouth
Eric Lesser, First Hampden
Jason M. Lewis, 5th Middlesex
Orlando Ramos, 9th Hampden
H.3362 sponsors & cosponsors:
Orlando Ramos, 9th Hampden
Jay Livingstone, 8th Suffolk
Christine P. Barber, 34th Middlesex
Ruth B. Balser, 12th Middlesex
Natalie M. Blais, 1st Franklin
Michelle L. Ciccolo, 15th Middlesex
Mike Connolly, 26th Middlesex
Marcos A. Devers, 16th Essex
Mindy Domb, 3rd Hampshire
Patricia A. Duffy, 5th Hampden
Nika C. Elugardo, 15th Suffolk
Dylan A. Fernandes, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket
Carmine Lawrence Gentile, 13th Middlesex
Jessica Ann Giannino, 16th Suffolk
Adam Gomez, Hampden
Carlos González, 10th Hampden
Tami L. Gouveia, 14th Middlesex
Natalie M. Higgins, 4th Worcester
Kay Khan, 11th Middlesex
Jack Patrick Lewis, 7th Middlesex
Elizabeth A. Malia, 11th Suffolk
Liz Miranda, 5th Suffolk
Tram T. Nguyen, 18th Essex
Jacob R. Oliveira, 7th Hampden
David Allen Robertson, 19th Middlesex
David M. Rogers, 24th Middlesex
Lindsay N. Sabadosa, 1st Hampshire
Danillo A. Sena, 37th Middlesex
Erika Uyterhoeven, 27th Middlesex
Tommy Vitolo, 15th Norfolk
Bud L. Williams, 11th Hampden
Take Action
No Subsidies for polluting biomass (S.2197 and H.3333)
Please do 2 things this week:
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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)
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Ask your state senator to help pass S2197, which is currently pending in Senate Ways and Means.
Environmental Justice Bills S.2186 and H.3362:
Find your state senator and your state rep and email or call to ask them to co-sponsor S.2186 and H.3362. If they are already a co-sponsor, tell them thanks! It is important they know this issue matters to you.