First Name | Audrie |
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Last Name | Clark |
Email Address | booker@sdcoe.k12.ca.us |
Affiliation | Sierra Club |
Subject | global warming plan |
Comment | You, (CARB), have almost approved your plan for dealing with global warming over the next three decades. Unfortunately as written, the plan calls for more than one-fifth of the reductions to come from a "cap-and-trade" system that will let polluters trade permits for putting out greenhouse gases. The proposal leaves open the chance the state will give away these emission allowances for free, even though the pollution they allow can hurt Californians. Further, the proposed plan would allow polluters to meet half of these emissions caps by buying "offsets" - essentially buying their way out of complying with state law by paying others to reduce their global warming pollution. This could not only worsen air pollution in our most polluted communities, but would discourage development of clean energy technologies in California. Please do not approve this flawed plan. You can and you must make it better for all of California. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2008-11-17 09:54:15 |
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