As a retired high school…

As a retired high school science teacher and climate activist, I urge you to not expand Ontario's biomass industry. Unfortunately, the demand for wood pellets is already resulting in trees being cut down just to make pellets. The idea that all pellets are made from mill waste is false.
Environmental regulations have already been gutted in other ways. Do not add to this dangerous situation. For example, endangered species legislation no longer protects the habitat of endangered species. Therefore, I object to the objective “streamline permitting and reduce regulatory burden for all sectors which use forest biomass,”
In Ontario we need to focus more on energy conservation, such as retrofitting all buildings to reduce energy use and save ordinary people like me money now and into the future.
Also we need to bring back all the cancelled real green energy projects, like solar, wind and micro-hydro.
We need trees to soak up carbon dioxide, not to be burned for energy.