First Name | Anne |
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Last Name | Calderwood |
Email Address | swanberner@yahoo.com |
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Subject | cap and trade |
Comment | Dear Representatives, I am deeply concerned about the battle for whether we will continue to have a democracy that is being waged in our country. There are those whose only focus is personal profit as a time when we are wresting with national and international crises, specifically global warming and the growing divide between rich and poor. It makes a mockery of the law to allow multi-billion dollar companies to circumvent the laws intended to reduce fossil fuel emissions by paying other multi billion dollar companies who are already getting tax benefits for TPZ designation to receive double tax benefit for their business activities. It adds insult to injury when those companies utilize clearcutting preactices that REDUCE oxygen production AND use herbicides in this process to kill all competing vegetation that then finds it's way into the public water supply. Any company that engages in these practice should be automatically deamed ineligible for offset benefits. I would further propaoe that any company engaging in practices such asthese which are clearly not in the public interest be denied TPZ status and have to pay for the damage that they do. It is a sad fact that my County's water district (Calaveras County) cannot even afford the equipment to monitor the herbicides that are leaching into the water supply for not only our County, but for the large urban areas downstream. I think legislators need to adhere to the intent of the law and demand improvement in environmental practices of companies as the law intended. Sincerely, Anne Calderwood |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2010-12-11 20:16:27 |
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