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Dear Chairperson Nichols:

I write to stress the importance of icluding the following three
features to the California Air Resources Board's
(CARB)groundbreaking global warming plan:

1) A well-designed cap-and-trade program to put an absolute limit
on pollution from some of California's largest sources.
 
CARB should include as many sources as possible in a cap-and-trade
system, and 80% of California's global warming pollution should be
under a cap-and-trade system by 2020.

2) An "Indirect Source Rule" (ISR) to control emissions from
development projects.

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)A new Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) to increase clean
energy in our state.

California's current RPS target -- the requirement that a
percentage of all energy sold in California be generated from
renewable sources (solar, wind, biomass, etc)-- is 10% by 2010.

CARB should stipulate that the state immediately adopt a 33% RPS
by 2020.