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Thank you to the officials who are taking global warming seriously
and are determined to institute a plan to reduce global warming
emissions. If done right, this will create jobs while making
California healthier environmentally and economically.  It is
critical to create program to decrease global warming emissions
from the state’s largest polluters and establish a market price on
these emissions.  

The proposal is right to establish a limit that declines each year,
and to set a minimum price on carbon pollution. This steady price
signal will help businesses make long-term investments and create
strategies to reduce global warming emissions.

But the state’s largest polluters MUST pay for their global warming
emissions and MUST NOT be permitted to give permits away for free.
By forcing polluters to pay their emissions by purchasing permits
in an auction, we can re-invest the auction funds to transition to
a cleaner economy and help lower energy costs for Californians -
such as making homes and businesses more energy efficient,
increasing public transit options, and developing wind and solar
projects in California.

California is already suffering the consequences of global warming
in the devastating firestorms and the growing droughts, heat waves
and water shortages. We need to take seriously the costs to
California if we ignore or make light of this issue. If handled
well, we can turn this crisis into an opportunity to prepare
California to lead in the next generation of a clean energy
economy.

Thank you,
A Pabian