Hello, I am writing today to urge you to vastly
strengthen and improve the Draft 2022 Scoping Plan Update.
Scientists have increasingly raised the alarm that RIGHT NOW is our
last chance to make significant and meaningful changes in
transportation, energy, building, and other major infrastructure to
prevent irreversible climate catastrophe, which is why I am
disappointed that the Draft Scoping Plan utterly 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 very simply not good enough to meet the
urgency of the climate crisis and the undeniable need for bold
actions. CARB must achieve a more ambitious Scoping Plan that leads
to an accelerated pathway to carbon neutraulity so that
California’s 40 million residents and future generations of
Californians can live in, and thrive in, a cleaner and healthier
environment.
PLEASE, 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 complete 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 now. 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 time, work, and consideration. Please
do not fail us now.
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