Dear CA Air Resources Board,
Please put California
first in clean cars by accelerating the state’s transition to
100% electric vehicles and strengthening requirements on new
gas-powered vehicles.
Climate pollution from gas-powered
cars and trucks makes up 40% of total greenhouse gas emissions in
California. We are driving the climate emergency, devastating our
lives with deadlier, more damaging wildfires, heat waves, and
drought.
We have led the nation on setting strong
auto emissions standards, but the current clean cars proposal falls
short of the climate action we need.
. Moving the target
to 2030 will give our state a chance of meeting its climate
goals.
California can’t ignore the
climate-damaging emissions from new gas cars. We need to take
immediate action to make sure they emit less pollutants as they
drive our roads for decades.
This action is also
critical to protect the health of communities hit hardest by
tailpipe pollution. Cancer-causing vehicle exhaust harms people's
health and particularly hurts low-income communities of color near
congested freeways.
New clean car standards must ensure
equitable access to electric vehicles.
We urge you to
adopt strong clean car rules that require: 100% zero-emission
vehicle sales by 2030, 7% annual pollution cuts from gas-powered
cars in the meantime and mandatory equity commitments to ensure
that communities most affected by pollution benefit from electric
vehicles first and foremost.
This transition is
necessary now, not some day .
Sincerely,
Torger Johnson
Oakland, CA 94605
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