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High court won’t hear Springfield biomass permit case; foes vow to fight on

Palmer Paving Corporation
In May, the Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled in favor of Palmer Renewable Energy’s attempt to revive its biomass plant using permits that expired over a decade ago. This month, the state’s Supreme Judicial Court decided not to hear the case. The plant was originally proposed as a 35-megawatt biomass facility on Palmer Paving Corp.’s land at 1000 Page Boulevard in Springfield. (Douglas Hook / The Republican, File)Douglas Hook

SPRINGFIELD — One of the last avenues that the City Council and advocates had to stop a proposed wood-burning biomass plant has closed, with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court declining to hear a case challenging its 14-year-old building permits.

City councilors, the neighborhood council and clean air advocates expressed disappointment with the decision but still hold out hope that they can stop the project.

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