First Name | Gladwyn |
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Last Name | d'Souza |
Email Address | godsouza@mac.com |
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Subject | AB32 Scoping plan comments |
Comment | Dear Chair Nichols: Thank you for you and your staff's hard work on the Climate Change Scoping Plan. Your plan will shape our states response to global warming over several decades. As you meet Dec. 11-12 to consider whether to adopt the plan, I hope you take the time to review three key areas: land use, auctions, and offsets. Land Use: Please consider setting a higher target for land use pollution reduction since changing land-use practices now will reduce sprawl. The goal should be to recycle and reuse existing infrastructure resulting in fossil fuels remaining in the ground. Consider spreading the pricing model from electricity across all areas of fossil fuel use. A sustainable quantity is allowed after which higher prices kick in. Auctions: Please consider requiring auctions, not giveaways for any and all carbon allowances granted by CARB. A cap and dividend as Hansen has said is important to address equity without which the paradigm doesn't change and nothing works. A working system of Renewable Energy Credits will allow individuals to install solar and create local distributed networks of clean power. Offsets: Please think about reducing the offsets allowed under this plan. Under the current plan, polluters could rely entirely on offsets in the early years of the program, thus allowing polluters in capped sectors to delay making their own emission reductions until later years, in some cases not until 2018. Thank you for the strong leadership you have provided and continue to provide as California addresses the pollution that causes global warming. Sincerely, Gladwyn d'Souza 1473 Sixth Ave, Belmont Ca 94002 |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2008-12-11 07:40:11 |
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