First Name | Christopher |
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Last Name | Lish |
Email Address | lishchris@yahoo.com |
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Subject | Please Approve the Updated Advanced Clean Fleets Rule |
Comment | Thursday, April 6, 2023 California Air Resources Board 1001 I Street Sacramento, CA 95814 Subject: Please Approve the Updated Advanced Clean Fleets Rule -- Notice of Public Availability of Modified Text and Availability of Additional Documents for the Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation (acf2022) Dear California Air Resources Board: I am writing to commend the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for accelerating its proposed 100% sales target from 2040 to 2036. The work CARB is doing to eliminate pollution from California's heavy and medium-duty trucks is admirable, and the climate and air quality crises demand that you maintain this more aggressive deadline. Trucks make up a small portion of vehicles on the road in California, but are the largest producer of our notorious smog problem and pose the most cancer risk connected to pollution from our transportation sector. Burning diesel creates one of the most toxic forms of air pollution for human health, and is linked to premature death, chronic heart and lung disease, asthma, and diminished lung function in children. A delayed timeline for 100% electric trucks will only lead to further adverse health and climate impacts for Californians. Californians are feeling the impacts of the climate crisis every day, from extreme heat to rising sea levels to wildfires to droughts. Millions of Californians continue to live in communities that are out of compliance with federal air quality standards and whose health suffers greatly as a result. The state must urgently move away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy and zero emission technologies to help address these critical issues. Now, with the improvement of accelerating the 100% ZEV sales target to 2036, CARB's proposed Advanced Clean Fleets rule would deliver even greater and significant emissions reductions. According to CARB's own analysis, the proposed Advanced Clean Fleets rule would provide: * Over $26 billion in additional health benefits due to greatly reduced NOx and PM 2.5 emissions. * The avoidance of over 2,500 additional premature deaths. * Net economic benefits to the state of over $37 billion. * A 58% reduction in annual GHG emissions by the year 2045. CARB cannot miss this opportunity to combat the climate crisis and deliver clean air to overburdened, frontline communities. Please do right by everyone in California and bring 100% electric trucks to our state. Finalize the proposed 2036 deadline and commit to accelerating electrification of the remaining trucks on the road by retiring old combustion trucks and strengthening the manufacturer requirements leading up to 2036. Please approve this proposed rule! Thank you for your consideration of my comments. Please do NOT add my name to your mailing list. I will learn about future developments on this issue from other sources. Sincerely, Christopher Lish San Rafael, CA |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2023-04-06 06:43:45 |
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