Clean Energy Futures Hearing

The Senate Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change will hold a Clean Energy Future hearing at the Robert DeLeo Senior Center in Winthrop on Monday, June 26th from 6 to 8 p.m.  The purpose of the hearing is to get input from the public on pressing issues in clean energy and climate, asking residents what they think the legislature should do to keep our state healthy, sustainable and strong?  The Committee is taking comments both at public hearings and by email or letter.

These hearings present an opportunity for Forest Alliance members to get the state to focus more on using sustainable wood energy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels while sequestering carbon in our forests.

Do you think the state should encourage the use of wood for heating and energy?  Would your woodlands benefit from better markets for wood that is removed when you thin out low grade trees to give better ones room to grow?  Do you think the state should provide incentives for businesses and towns to convert their buildings to some form of wood heat?

If you do, now’s the time to speak up. You can provide input either by speaking at one of the hearings or by filing comments by mail or email.  For more information, or to file email comments, go to https://malegislature.gov/cleanenergyfuture