I am writing
to urge you to strengthen and improve the Draft 2022 Scoping Plan
Update. We must make significant and meaningful changes to our
transportation, energy, building, and other major infrastructure to
prevent an irreversible climate catastrophe. 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. The climate crisis
requires urgent and bold actions. California Air Resources
Board 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 to
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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