Petition to Drop Biomass from RCEA’s Power Mix
Redwood Coast Energy Authority - Participating Governments
40% of RCEA's "renewable energy" comes from a recurrent violator of the Clean Air Act – a biomass plant which emits more carbon than coal. Dumping biomass would redirect $15 million of our ratepayer dollars to real clean energy.
We, the undersigned, call upon the Redwood Coast Energy Authority to honor its promise to provide 100% clean energy by 2025 and stop funding biomass incineration.
This petition is sponsored by:
350 Humboldt, Humboldt Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Climate Action Campaign, Environmental Protection Information Center, Northcoast Environmental Center, Sierra Club Redwoods North Group, Humboldt Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Humboldt Health Care for All/PNHP, Humboldt Buddhist Peace Fellowship, HOPE Coalition, Friends of the Eel River, Humboldt Green Party, Humboldt County Democratic Central Committee, Humboldt Progressive Democrats, CA Alliance for Retired Americans-North State Action Team, CA Nurses for Environmental Health and Justice.
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Redwood Coast Energy Authority - Participating Governments
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[Your Name]
BIOMASS INCINERATION IS DIRTY ENERGY. 15% of Humboldt County's electricity comes from burning mill waste in a biomass power plant, which emits more carbon dioxide and as much toxic air pollution as coal. Humboldt Sawmill's plant has repeatedly violated the Clean Air Act. There are cleaner, more beneficial uses for mill waste.
We, the undersigned, call upon the Redwood Coast Energy Authority to honor its promise to provide 100% clean energy by 2025 and stop funding biomass incineration.