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Dear Chairperson Mary Nichols and others on the California Air
Resources Board:

I am writing to voice my support for the plans to curb global
warming pollution in California, and stress the importance of
three key elements: 

   1. We need a well-designed cap-and-trade program that includes
as many sources as possible. I 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 make sure that the
less obvious pollution from construction (such as vehicle traffic
to bring supplies and workers to the site) is counted in emissions
estimates, and mitigated. 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 support CARB's preliminary
recommendation that the state immediately adopt a 33% RPS by
2020.

Sincerely,
Helena