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Comment 137 for Public Input on Cap-and-Trade Auction Proceeds Second Investment Plan (investplan2-ws) - 1st Workshop.
First Name: Deborah
Last Name: Moore
Email Address: deborah@greenschools.net
Affiliation: Green Schools Initiative
Subject: AB32 investments in Sustainable Schools
Comment:
On behalf of the 28 under-signed organizations and individuals, Green Schools Initiative welcomes the opportunity to submit comments on the Final Draft Cap-and Trade Auction Proceeds Second Investment Plan: Fiscal Years 2016-17 through 2018-19. Collectively, our organizations represent more than 1.6 million parents, students, facility directors, school board members, school district administrators, environmental educators, and health and environmental organizations, and nearly all 1,000 school districts and county offices of education in California. We advocate for K-12 public schools in California and are dedicated to ensuring that schools are community models of sustainability that contribute to achieving greenhouse gas reduction goals and that provide healthy, safe learning environments for all California students. Climate change is a children’s issue: children are more vulnerable to heat-related illnesses, air pollution and asthma, and lack of access to safe outdoor spaces to play and learn. We commend and thank the Air Resources Board for responding to public comments to include K-12 schools in the Investment Plan. We support the revisions in the Final Draft Investment Plan that include schools as “Potential Recipients” for “Draft Investment Concepts” for numerous topics under the three primary over-arching priorities of Transportation & Sustainable Communities, Clean Energy & Energy Efficiency, and Natural Resources & Waste Diversion. We also support the inclusion of schools within the Potential Cross-Cutting Approaches for Local Climate Action in Disadvantaged Communities (pp. 29-30), and Efficient Financing Mechanisms to Maximize Investment (p. 30-31). We appreciate the ARB’s recognition that “Sustainable Schools” are an important component of “Sustainable Communities” as evidenced by the Final Draft Investment Plan’s inclusion of schools in these areas. While we support these changes, we also suggest some additional revisions that would better enable K-12 schools – especially those in disadvantaged communities – to access and utilize grants supported by the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund for projects that can produce results in the short-, medium- and long-terms. Our additional comments are detailed in the attached letter. Thank you for your consideration and for including schools in the Investment Plan priorities. Sincerely, Deborah Moore Green Schools Initiative On behalf of 27 additional endorsing organizations
Attachment: www.arb.ca.gov/lists/com-attach/150-investplan2-ws-UDcCY1wvVWBXDlI0.pdf
Original File Name: GGRF Final Draft Investment Plan Ltr Sustainable Schools 12-14-15 (Final).pdf
Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2015-12-14 15:38:46
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