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Dear Chairwoman Nichols:

On September 19, 2008, I listened to you speak at the California
Environmental Quality Act workshop in Santa Monica, CA.  I was
pleased to hear that you and CARB have been hard at work on a
blueprint of policies and measures needed to cut global warming
pollution by 30% by 2020, as required by the law.

I urge you to consider the Environmental Defense Fund's top
priorities and includes them in the plan.

The following three issues are vital 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.

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.

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.

Thank you for your continued support and for helping us keep
California moving forward as a global warming leader.