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 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 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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