I am
writing to urge you to strengthen and improve the Draft 2022
Scoping Plan Update. Scientists have increasingly raised the
alarm that this decade is our last chance to make significant and
meaningful changes in our transportation, energy, building, and
other major infrastructure to prevent an irreversible climate
catastrophe, which is why I am disappointed that the Draft Scoping
Plan fails to accelerate the targets to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 or to achieve carbon
neutrality no earlier than 2045. This draft is simply not
good enough to meet the urgency of the climate crisis and the
desperate need for bold actions. CARB must achieve a more
ambitious Scoping Plan that leads to an accelerated pathway to
carbon neutrality so that the state’s 40 million residents
and future generations of Californians can live in and thrive in a
cleaner and healthier environment.
I
strongly urge the California Air Resources Board to adopt a more
ambitious plan on how our state will combat the most catastrophic
impacts of climate change in the crucial years ahead. To
accomplish this, CARB must improve the Draft Scoping Plan by
accelerating a phase-out of oil and gas extraction and oil
refining; not making any more investment in fossil fuel
infrastructure; eliminating or significantly reducing our reliance
on unproven and costly technologies to prolong polluting fuel
sources; pursuing more robust transportation sector targets; and
decarbonizing buildings. The escalating climate crisis
demands that CARB adopts a more ambitious Scoping Plan, one with
the vision and conviction to provide the solutions that are needed
to overcome the crisis that we face. Thank you for your
consideration.
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