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 Thank you for doing more than ever to keep California clean! 

    Dear CARB Board members:
    
   Thank you for your hard work so far envisioning a plan to
implement
 the Global Warming Solutions Act.
    
   I have a few requests that I believe will make this plan even
 stronger. I hope you will consider them during your meeting.
    
   -         Please auction off all emission allowances. Program
 revenues should go toward GHG reduction programs, such as clean
technologies,
 green jobs, and aid for low-income consumers and small businesses
to
 reduce their utility bills. 
   -         Please work to reduce the role of offsets in the
Plan.
 Providing too many offsets encourages continuing emissions in
low-income
 neighborhoods and in defenseless habitats, and weakens the demand
for
 clean energy technology innovation. Limiting offsets will create
more
 clean-energy jobs, stimulating our state's economy.
   -           Please increase the targets for local governments
to
 reduce emissions caused by poorly planned growth that drives up
vehicle
 miles travelled.
   -          Please require businesses to recycle their
materials. 
   We have a chance to make California even better as we address
one of
 the worst crises our planet has ever faced. Strong CARB policies
will
 help our state's residents realize some of the benefits we will
receive
 by taking on global warming pollution: reduced air pollution,
more
 clean-energy jobs, less waste and healthier communities.
    
   Thanks again for your work on behalf of clean air for
California.

[your signature]

Kathy Seal
for Sierra Club California
PS This alert has already been sent out to those signed up for
the
 state Club activist list, so it may be a duplicate for some
members. A
 similar alert is also on our Facebook AB 32 Cause page, at

http://apps.facebook.com/causes/124024?m=b7b99169&recruiter_id=20201344