I
strongly urge the California Air Resources Board to adopt a more
ambitious plan for our state that 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 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.
I
also urge you to strengthen and improve the Draft 2022
Scoping Plan Update by accelerating the targets to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 or to achieve carbon
neutrality earlier than 2045.
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.
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.
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