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Dear Ms. Nichols and California Air Pollution Control District
Board Members:

Large cargo ships traveling off our coast produce significant GHG
and toxic air emissions that impact our coastal communities. Ship
strikes also pose a threat to whales. Slowing down cargo ships
meets multiple objectives in your Draft Cap-and-Trade Investment
Plan including: reducing GHG emissions and other air pollutants,
improving public health, and better protecting whales. I support
including vessel speed reduction in your Final Plan as a priority
for funding and request Cap-and-Trade money be directed to the
Vessel Speed Reduction Initiative.

2. Strengthen our voice by also sending us a copy of your message
to:
edc@environmentaldefensecenter.org. Our goal is to collect 50
letters of support by next Wednesday.

Thanks for taking action to protect whales, to protect our clean
air and to help make a difference in combating climate change.

Kristi Birney
Marine Conservation Analyst, EDC