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To:Clerk of the Board; Connelly, Bill; Cook, Holly; Cook, Robin; Durfee, Peter; Jessee, Meegan; Kimmelshue, Tod;
Kitts, Melissa; Krater, Sharleen; Little, Melissa; Pickett, Andy; Ritter, Tami; Stephens, Brad J.; Sweeney,
Kathleen; Teeter, Doug
Subject:Board Correspondence: FW: Please send this to all the Supervisors. Thank you.
Date:Tuesday, July 8, 2025 4:47:16 PM
Please see board correspondence
From: Jean Marquardt <jeanmarquardt@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 8, 2025 4:12 PM
To: Clerk of the Board <clerkoftheboard@buttecounty.net>
Subject: Please send this to all the Supervisors. Thank you.
Biomass protests matter
Due to public protests (over 5,000 comments and letters), the plan to build two huge industrial
wood pellet biomass plants in California has been cancelled. The plants were to be located in
Lassen and Tuolomne counties. The wood pellets were to be shipped to Europe and Asia to
burn for commercial electricity. The basic idea was to burn California trees to light up Paris.
In June, GSNR (Golden State Natural Resources) a government agency will stop subsidizing a
UK biomass industry from clearcutting and sourcing our forests for private profit.
Despite claims that biomass is a clean renewable energy, the biomass industry has actually
deceived the public. The biomass industry claimed that the source of wood pellets are forest
waste and residue but under the guise of salvage logging. However, investigators tracked
illegal clearcutting and the cutting of whole trees. It is a shame that time and taxpayer money
were wasted on this oversized absurd plan. Our public money should be invested in zero-
carbon sources like solar and wind. The focus should be on cutting emissions and on forest
management driven by the community and not by corporate interests looking to make a profit.
Fortunately, the public saw through this scheme and opposed this big idea that just didn’t
make sense.
I am sorry to see that the City of Oroville is positively considering a biomass plant. It is a dirty
energy source. The biomass presentation was a slick sales job to the City Council and devoid
of any environmental concerns. Hopefully, Butte County representatives will look at the
science of biomass and the history of pollution that has plagued the biomass industry.
Jean Marquardt, Chico