First Name | supun |
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Last Name | edirisinghe |
Email Address | supune@gmail.com |
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Subject | The Biggest Polluters should not be rewarded. |
Comment | The Biggest Polluters should not be rewarded. They should be forced to hire Californians and re-invest in California to clean up the pollution that they cause. I am concerned and disappointed that the implementation of AB 32 will involve giving away pollution allowances to the biggest polluters. This is unfair to the tax payers that have been footing the bill to keep our overpopulated state as clean as possible. I have faith that your board will not disincentive-ize the companies that have done the worst to hurt our environment to clean up their act. I see this as a big flaw in the cap and trade plan. You want the market move towards making the big polluters to go out of business unless they clean up and incentivise more agile greener businesses to take their place. Of course, we don't want those companies to go out of business we want them to rapidly get with the times and listen to their neighbors in California. The vote on prop 23 is a sign of the times. We want pollution to be better managed. We want to reward the good companies. If multi-million and multibillion dollar companies can sell and trade their allowances for a profit, I don't think it will make them change to more efficient use of our land, skies and water. We want them to hire more people to fix the problems that they have created. We want them to invest back into california not sell off their allowances and slowly adjust their levels of pollution. They need to be held accountable to be part of the solution, and we need to create the incentives and punishments to make that happen! |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2010-12-09 18:00:27 |
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