To whom it may concern, I am…

To whom it may concern,

I am very concerned about this proposal. One of the main products of Ontario’s forest biomass industry is wood pellets. Wood pellets are marketed as a clean energy alternative, but we know that wood pellets are dirtier than coal at the smokestack.

Increasing deforestation as a climate solution is not viable. While the government and industry claim that only waste wood is used to manufacture wood pellets, more whole trees from primary, boreal forests are being logged to meet the demands of this growing industry.

Any jobs created from this industry would be contributing to dumping more C02 into the atmosphere. We need more jobs created in actual sustainable and long term green infrastructure, not in this green washing way.

Thank you