This planet is rapidly becoming uninhabitable and will be within
a few generations. Today's youth will grow up into a world with
little food to eat, air that is too dirty to breathe, barren
forests, and rampant pandemics - not to mention the melting ice
caps and extreme heat that we are already starting to experience.
This is because of our addiction to oil. As long as we do nothing
to end the addiction, what I mentioned above is a
certainty.
We all must do our part to end our addiction to oil and the
California Air Resources Board (CARB) can do its part by ensuring
that fossil fuel expansion is not taking place in California and
the Amazon. CARB can put in place mechanisms that will ensure oil
will not be sourced from new drilling in the Amazon and honor
Indigenous rights.
I am asking that CARB reign in rogue refineries by commiting
California to a regulatory agenda that makes certain that
California refineries are not sourcing crude oil from new drilling
regions in Amazon and regions where Indigenous rights are
violated.In addition, CARB can commit California to new fuel
efficiency standards and electrical vehicle expansion for fleets
that consume the most Amazon oil.
Thank you for your time in reading this comment.
Regards,
Susan Etheridge