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. It 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.
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