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Greetings,
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.
Sincerely,
Brandon Bryn
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