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Comment 191 for 2013 Investment Plan for Cap-and-Trade Auction Proceeds (2013investmentpln-ws) - 1st Workshop.
First Name: Gabrielle
Last Name: Weeks
Email Address: Gabrielle@workwithweeks.com
Affiliation: Long Beach Coalition for a Safe Env.
Subject: Please use proceeds for zero emissions transportation
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On behalf of the Long Beach Coalition for a Safe Environment, I urge the CA Air Resources Board to significantly invest proceeds for the Cap & Trade auction in systems that move goods and people without the need to combust fuel. Particularly in car-addicted California, millions of cars and trucks moving cargo and people contribute the largest share to our total GHG emissions. Providing incentives and capital to invest in systems that can move people and their stuff with no emissions can make a huge dent in this problem. This isn't just about electric cars and charging infrastructure, which are poised to make a huge jump in the marketplace. It is also about convenient mass transit, ease of using bicycles or walking for short trips, and switching our train systems to employ electricity instead of fuel. Electrifying our railway and ports seems to be a low hanging fruit - ports and rail lines are established and stationary, it is purely a matter of capital investment to make the switch. The impact to GHG reduction would be enormous, as just from the Ports of L.A. and Long Beach near me, 44% of the Nation's cargo is handled. My organization has endorsed the GRID project, which provides an example of the scope of benefits we could see if we addressed the issue of climate change on the scale needed to really make an impact. I hope you will place a lot of emphasis on similar projects and initiatives that will make a dent in our GHG emissions.
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2013-03-08 12:43:03
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