Dear
Chair Randolph and Board members,
I'm
writing about the 2022 Climate
Change Draft Scoping Plan.
I strongly recommend the Air
Resources Board include the following changes in the draft
document:
-
Invest
$70 billion in state and federal funds annually in renewable
energy, energy efficiency, infrastructure, manufacturing, and
organic and ecological agriculture;
-
Establish a California Equitable Transition Fund to
provide safety nets for displaced fossil fuel workers and support
communities to maintain and expand critical services;
-
Fund a
robust public sector including public education and universal
healthcare;
-
Require
pro-worker policies for all public investments such as the right to
organize a union through card check, as well as targeted and local
hire provisions for communities.
In
addition, I also strongly recommend the following:
- A detailed plan for how the state
can achieve its 2030 GHG reduction targets, as is required under
AB32 and SB32.
- A plan for achieving carbon
neutrality in 2045 that does not rely on unrealistic levels of
carbon removal technology
- A plan for phasing out emissions
from oil refineries that won't result in increased air pollution
from CCS and increased oil exports as California reduces demand for
oil
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