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, and doesn't plan to
reach carbon neutrality earlier than 2045. It is insufficient to
meet the urgency of the climate crisis and the desperate need for
bold actions. CARB must create a more ambitious Scoping Plan that
accelerates the 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. Our climate crisis is
intensifying rapidly, and 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 and for your service to the
public.
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