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 heal
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