I am writing to urge you to
strengthen and improve the Draft 2022 Scoping Plan
Update.
Since 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, that alone is a major reason 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. What
the Draft proposes 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 and effective 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 and focusing on the following: 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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