I am writing to urge you to strengthen 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 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. It is simply not
good enough to meet the urgency of the accelerating climate crisis.
One need only monitor the current world-wide climante changes
taking place today to realize the urgency. Previous timeline
forecasts have all proven to be too optimistic.
I urge CARB to adopt a more ambitious plan by
accelerating a phase-out of oil and gas extraction and oil
refining; reducing or eliminating additional 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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