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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