First Name: | Thomas |
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Last Name: | Vessels |
Email Address: | tvessels@vesselscoalgas.com |
Affiliation | Vessels Coal Gas, Inc. |
Subject | Cap and Trade Scoping Plan to 2030 comments |
Comment |
Respectully to the Board and Staff of ARB, To: ARB Generally we believe updated reports on climate change and the effects of offsets on that climate change should be made more public in a manner accessible to general public. We believe that a report should be made on the progress of global warming so the Board and the state government have up to date information on the current state of global warming and what the most effective ways are to slow it. ARB should solicit input from the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, on the subject of Climate Change. The future effect on California has probably been predicted. That report should be included in the scoping program records. All policy decisions and initiatives in the scoping plan should be evaluated as to their effect on climate change. The benefits of methane emission reduction should be reported from the standpoint of realistic current GWP. The GWP of methane in the cap and trade system should be the same as that used in ARB enforcement. Most likely a 20 year period based on 5th assessment report of 84. Offset approval should be streamlined to leave out any work, reporting or review of matters that are outside of the project and preferably outside of destruction of GHG. If an activity is regulated by another jurisdiction, local, state of federal ARB should withdraw from any review or enforcement of that activity. Remove double jeapordy project verification. Finally offsets that have been approved should be publicly compared to their equivalent reduction of other common emissions such as automobile emissions, CO2 from coal fired power plants, natural gas fired power plants, etc. to make the effect of offsets more meaningful. Tom Vessels |
Attachment |
www.arb.ca.gov/lists/com-attach/61-sp2030disc-dec16-ws-WjdWPQFjUGBWMQBj.pptx Original File Name: MMCCACAPTRADEGMIDC2016.pptx
Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2016-12-16 12:03:19 |
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