First Name | Carol |
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Last Name | Long |
Email Address | cjlong3@sbcglobal.net |
Affiliation | Sierra Club |
Subject | Global Warming Solutions Plan |
Comment | Dear CARB Board members: Thank you for your hard work so far envisioning a plan to implement the Global Warming Solutions Act. I have a few requests that I believe will make this plan even stronger. I hope you will consider them during your meeting. - Please auction off all emission allowances. Program revenues should go toward GHG reduction programs, such as clean technologies, green jobs, and aid for low-income consumers and small businesses to reduce their utility bills. - Please work to reduce the role of offsets in the Plan. Providing too many offsets encourages continuing emissions in low-income neighborhoods and in defenseless habitats, and weakens the demand for clean energy technology innovation. Limiting offsets will create more clean-energy jobs, stimulating our state’s economy.- Please increase the targets for local governments to reduce emissions caused by poorly planned growth that drives up vehicle miles travelled. - Please require businesses to recycle their materials. Global warming is the most urgent environmental problem we have ever faced, and it is at the top of my personal activist agenda. It should also be the top one for California. Our state can lead not just the nation but the world in addressing it. Strong CARB policies will help our state’s residents realize some of the benefits we will receive by taking on global warming pollution: reduced air pollution, more clean-energy jobs, less waste and healthier communities. Thanks again for your work on behalf of clean air for California. Carol Long |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2008-11-13 22:56:31 |
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