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I urge the CARB Board to adopt a strong global warming scoping plan
for California to both slow global warming and achieve immediate
reductions in smog and other dangerous air pollutants that cause
illness and death.

It is a sad fact that even in this day and age, when the
technology exists to mitigate many of the deleterious health
effects of air pollution, California continues to drag its feet in
regulating the sources of these pollution.  With the state's
population set to increase substantially over the next three
decades, the time has come to finally tackle this public health
crisis head on.  California already pays a high price for its
failure to clean up our skies (e.g. 18,000 premature deaths yearly,
350,000 asthma attacks, over 4 million missed school days from
children suffering asthma attacks or other respiratory problems). 
It is time to internalize these negative externalities by forcing
polluters to pay the full price of their  actions.   

As a result, I urge the California Air Resources Board to adopt a
strong plan to combat global warming and air pollution in
California.  The plan should include a much more aggressive
statewide goal for reducing vehicle trips and measures to promote
progressive action by local governments.  The plan should also
include a strong goal and additional regulatory measures for
reducing pollution from industrial sources such as petroleum
refineries and cement manufacturing facilities.

The future health of our state's most vulnerably populations are
in your hands. Please do not forget them.