I'm a retired mom
and future grandparent writing to urge you to strengthen and
improve the Draft 2022 Scoping Plan Update. Scientists have
repeatedly told us that this decade is our last chance to make
significant and meaningful changes in our infrastructure, including
transportation, energy, building, and other components to prevent
an irreversible climate catastrophe. I'm disappointed that the
Draft Scoping Plan does not include accelerated targets to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 or to
achieve carbon neutrality no earlier than 2045. CARB must step up
and meet the urgency of the climate crisis and our desperate need
for bold actions. CARB must develop a more ambitious Scoping Plan
that leads to an accelerated pathway to carbon neutrality so that
the state’s 40 million residents and future generations of
Californians can live in and thrive in a cleaner and healthier
environment.
The California Air
Resources Board must adopt a more ambitious plan on how we will
combat the most catastrophic impacts of climate change in the
crucial years ahead. To accomplish this, CARB must improve the
Draft Scoping Plan by accelerating a phase-out of oil and gas
extraction and oil refining; not making any more investment in
fossil fuel infrastructure; eliminating or significantly reducing
our reliance on unproven and costly technologies to prolong
polluting fuel sources; pursuing more robust transportation sector
targets; and decarbonizing buildings. The escalating climate crisis
demands that CARB adopts a more ambitious Scoping Plan, one with
the vision and conviction to provide the solutions that are needed
to overcome the crisis that we face. The resdients of our state and
future generations are depending on your bold, thoughtful action!
Thank you for your consideration.
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