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Dear Governor Newsom and Members of the California Air Resources
Board (CARB),

As a born and raised Californian, I am writing to urge you to stop
using taxpayer dollars to fund factory farm biogas projects, which
threaten the well-being of animals, people, and our planet.

Funding biogas production under the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS)
incentivizes the consolidation and growth of the notoriously
harmful factory farming industry. 

Every year, this industry forces billions of animals to suffer in
unimaginably cruel conditions. It generates air, water, and methane
pollution that entrench fossil fuel interests and accelerate the
climate crisis. And it increases rates of high blood pressure,
respiratory conditions, and waterborne illnesses for our
communities. To start addressing these substantial harms, I
strongly urge you to implement the following reforms to the LCFS:

1. Eliminate "avoided methane crediting" in 2024.
2. Address inaccuracies in the Life Cycle Assessment that ignore
associated up and downstream greenhouse gas emissions from
factory farm gas production.
3. Remove the 10-year "grace period" for factory farm gas
producers.
4. Stop double counting by allowing factory farm gas projects paid
for and claimed by other programs to sell LCFS credits as well.

The future of our communities, our health, and shared environment
is in your hands. Please reform LCFS to create a safer, healthier
home for all Californians.

Thank you,
Mary Fryer MPA, MSW