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Chairperson Nichols and members of the California Air Resources
Board,

I strongly encourage the members of the California Air Resources
Board (CARB) make sure California continues to lead the country by
taking strong action to cut our state's global warming pollution.
Two years ago, Governor Schwarzenegger signed the boldest global
warming law in U.S. history, A.B. 32. Since then, CARB has been at
work on a blueprint of policies and measures needed to cut global
warming pollution by 30% by 2020, as required by the law.

This blueprint, called the "A.B. 32 Scoping Plan," will be soon
publicly be released publicly.

I strongly encourage the CARB to included the following three
issues which are extremely important for California's future and
to our groundbreaking efforts to fight global warming:

1) We need a well-designed cap-and-trade program. I am concerned
that a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gas emissions will
largely result in electric utilities and other polluters to
increase their revenues, but not significantly reduces their
emissions. CARB should include as many sources as possible in a
cap-and-trade system. I encourage the CARB to attempt to put 100%
of California's global warming pollution under a cap-and-trade
system by 2020.

2) We need an "Indirect Source Rule" (ISR) to control emissions
from development projects. 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. I encourage CARB to recommend that the
state immediately adopt a 75% RPS by 2020.

Thank you for your consideration of my comments. Please do NOT add
my name to your mailing list. I will learn about future
developments on this issue from other sources.

Sincerely,
Christopher Lish