First Name | john |
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Last Name | martinez |
Email Address | aztlanmk@yahoo.com |
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Subject | CA's Global Warming Solutions Act’s (AB32) proposed Mine Methane |
Comment | DON'T DO THIS! The State of California’s Global Warming Solutions Act’s (AB32) proposed Mine Methane Capture Protocol (MMCP) [1] has extremely strong potential to become a major driver of national and international coal mining and fossil fuel extraction in Indigenous Peoples’ and non-Indigenous lands, as well as profiteering and increased environmental degradation. The Protocol purports to be about the environmentally motivated capture and destruction of methane for offsets. However, it actually incentivizes and subsidizes the development of additional and potentially major coal mining and natural gas extraction operations, including flaring and burning, in existing and future coal and trona[2] mine areas. It represents not just business-as-usual for the fossil fuel industries, but a future increase in fossil fuel extraction, with expansions in extent, production, output, and infrastructure, including refineries and pipelines, together with permits to pollute even more. Representatives of the mining and fossil fuel industries have contributed heavily to the protocol’s drafting, dictating its terms. Carbon traders have also participated in its development. The Protocol represents the advent of a trading commodity – methane offsets. Furthermore, the Protocol stands to be a dangerous prototype for the future development of other methane offsets from the full gamut of fossil fuels and even agriculture. (A proposed rice methane capture protocol is also currently under development for future inclusion in AB32.) NO TO A832!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2014-04-02 18:29:16 |
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