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I understand that the current cap-and-trade plan was adopted last
year by ARB as part of A.B. 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of
2006, and originally was scheduled to be put into operation in
January 2012 but, thankfully, has been delayed.

The delay in implementation to January 2013, which resulted from a
court ruling, gives me a chance to impress upon the ARB the need to
rectify its cap-and-trade scheme's glaring forest-clearcutting
loophole. 

The ARB's cap-and-trade program perversely rewards landowners for
clearcutting their forests. In essence, the ARB's forest protocol
could give money to landowners who degrade and diminish water
quality and quantity across potentially vast regions of the state.

Everyone knows that forest clearcuts dramatically impair water
quality and quantity in affected watersheds. They potentially
impact the resources, amenities and pockebooks of millions of
Californians.

Please take this opportunity to do what's best for forests, and the
future of California, and sever the linkage between cap-and-trade
and clear cutting.