Dear CA Air Resources Board,
I urge you to restore
California’s leadership on 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. These vehicles are
a massive driver of the climate emergency, devastating our state
with deadlier, more damaging wildfires, heat waves, and
drought.
Historically, we’ve led the nation
on setting strong auto emissions standards — but the current
clean cars proposal falls short of the climate action we need.
If we don’t reach 100% zero-emission vehicle sales
until 2035, it will be too late for California to meet its goal of
carbon neutrality by 2045, since many new vehicles last 20 years or
longer. Moving that target to 2030 will give our state a better
chance of meeting its climate goals and remaining a global leader
on clean cars. 2030 is our first-occurring, climate-stabilizing
requirement. I have created a set of mitigation measures that will,
taken together, achieve the science-based requirement. My work is
peer reviewed. I show all of my derivations and assumptions. Email
me and then lets talk.
And until we reach that target in
2030, 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.
California must lead the way with strong policy solutions to end
tailpipe pollution and build an environmentally just transportation
system. 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. • Mandatory equity
commitments to ensure that communities most affected by pollution
benefit from electric vehicles first and foremost.
This
transition is a tremendous opportunity to create family-supporting,
high-road jobs for Californians. We urge you to seize this moment
and adopt nation-leading clean car standards that slash climate
pollution, ensure equity, and promote good jobs.
Sincerely,
Sincerely, Mike Bullock Oceanside, CA 92054
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