First Name | Ted |
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Last Name | Franklin |
Email Address | ted@tedfranklin.net |
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Subject | Two minutes about the PERI Report |
Comment | In lieu of speaking at the meeting, I am sharing what I would have said: I'm speaking today as a labor and climate activist and an advocate for the California Climate Jobs Plan. I was very encouraged today to hear members of the EJAC specifically point the Board in the direction of the Political Economy Research Institute Report, referred to by some of us as the California Climate Jobs Plan. I want to underscore how valuable the Climate Jobs Plan can be as your work goes forward. If there are going to be real reductions in California's fossil fuel industry, we are talking about major social and economic change. We need a vision and a plan for workers and working class communities. The CARB scoping plan does not address this. The only union mentioned in the draft scoping plan is the European Union. We can help you with that. In June, 138 rank-and-file trade unionists sent the Board the 178-page PERI report and a comment letter pleading for CARB to incorporate the Plan into its final report. The Climate Jobs Plan explains how California can manage a just and equitable transition away from fossil fuels, produce one million new jobs per year, and take care of all the workers and working class communities that are currently supported by wages and revenues from the fossil fuel industry. The Peri Report has been endorsed by over two dozen unions, including unions representing refinery workers. It was drafted by a team led by the distinguished economist Robert Pollin at the University of Massachusetts. You can find the full PERI report attached to the earlier comment I submitted for this meeting. Thank you. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2022-09-01 17:33:56 |
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