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Board chair 
Mary Nichols

Dear Mary
I believe the following three issues are critical to California's
future and to our groundbreaking efforts to fight global warming:

1.	 We need a well-designed cap-and-trade program.  Cap-and-trade
puts an absolute limit on pollution from some of California's
largest sources and guarantees the environmental results we need.

CARB should include as many sources as possible in a cap-and-trade
system. We support CARB's preliminary thinking that 80% of
California's global warming pollution would be under a
cap-and-trade system by 2020.

2.	 We need an "Indirect Source Rule" (ISR) to control emissions
from development projects.
What is an ISR? Developers measure indirect (mostly vehicle and
energy use) pollution from construction and operation of projects
and ensure that equivalent reductions occur so the project's
impacts are limited.

CARB should require California's local air districts to develop
ISRs to control emissions from new developments.

3.	 We need a new Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) to increase
clean energy in our state.  An RPS is a requirement that a
percentage of all energy sold in California be generated from
renewable sources (solar, wind, biomass, etc). California's
current RPS target is 10% by 2010.

I support CARB's preliminary recommendation that the state
immediately adopt a 33% RPS by 2020.
Please send a short message to Chair Nichols via their webform.
Thank you for your continued support and for helping us keep
California moving forward as a global warming leader.