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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