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Dear CARB,

There are problems with the Cap & Trade program as described in AB
32.  Please take this opportunity to make changes that will improve
this program, making it more transparent, equitable, and effecive,
and address objections raised by groups (on both sides of the
political divide) that are critical of the impacts of AB 32��s Cap
& Trade program.  

Please consider making the following changes:
1) Instead of giveaways to polluting industries, CARB could auction
100% of permits.  The goal is to reduce emissions, not facilitate
them!
2) Rather than unlimited offsets, CARB can strictly limit them. The
goal is reduction of GHG emissions!
3)  Inequities in the use of allowance value can be addressed with
a Cap & Dividend approach that returns revenues back to all
Californians equally.  Instead of choosing which competing special
interest groups should receive the revenue, return it to all
Californians, which will raise trust & support for the measure and
stimulate local economies.

Please incorporate these elements into the environmental analysis.

Sincerely,

Rose M. Roberts