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As a California resident, 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 the planet. I have seen the increase in pollution through the
expansion of factory farms in the central valley.

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
local communities.

To begin addressing these substantial harms, I implore 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.

It is crucial that our leadership in this state ends the current
Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) policies that reward factory farm
polluters using my taxes. Show you care about our climate and the
citizens of the central valley, and the rest of the state.

Thank you.