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As an environmental policy analyst and social justice advocate, I
understand the need to move forward with comprehensive climate
change legislation for California. However, the cap and trade
system that CARB has advocated is neither equitable nor effective.
Rather than giving away pollution rights to corporations, and
supporting ineffective and discriminatory offset projects in
developing countries, we should focus on reducing greenhouse gas
emissions here in our state and charging forward into the clean
energy future.

A more productive strategy would be to regulate specific pollution
sources, in order to improve the health of our vulnerable
communities that live near these sources, and implement a carbon
tax, whose revenue can encourage public transportation, energy
efficiency projects, and solar and wind generation. We cannot have
a "Global Warming Solutions Act" unless it supports solutions for
all of us, including communities at risk. 

Thank you,
Matthew Fidanque