First Name | Albert |
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Last Name | Cohen |
Email Address | scec1@scec1.org |
Affiliation | Southern California Ecumenical Council |
Subject | AB 32 - cap and trade allocations |
Comment | Dear Chairman Nichols and Members of the Board: I am the Director of a council of churches. We have a forty year record of concern for California public policy related to responsibility to protect the earth for our children and future generations. Global warming is a crisis with severe environmental, social, moral, economic, and spiritual consequences. We strongly support AB 32 and want to see it implemented in a way that benefits everyone. We are concerned that by giving away most of the pollution allowances for free, polluting companies could receive windfall profits without incentive to reduce their carbon pollution. The high percentage of offsets is also troubling. Polluting facilities should reduce their carbon emissions in the communities where they pollute, rather than be allowed to pay for offsets far from home. California is a world’s role model for effectively addressing climate change. Ensure that our Global Warming Solutions Act is implemented effectively and equitably by limiting offsets and free give-aways to industry. We defeated Prop.23. Please do not "give away the store" by making AB 32 inconsequential. We are counting on the ARB to have courage and do the right thing by us citizens. Sincerely yours, Rev. Albert G. Cohen. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2010-12-13 14:04:58 |
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