The draft Scoping Plan is a huge step
backward for California, doubling down on fossil fuel
infrastructure instead of phasing out fossil fuels. It allows for a
massive expansion of dirty gas-fired power plants and calls for
billions in public subsidies for risky, ineffective carbon capture
and storage technology that extends the life of oil
refineries.
This is unacceptable. I demand that this plan do all that it can
to create a livable future in California. We have a narrowing
window of approximately 7 years according to the IPCC report to
fully transition off of fossil fuels. The plan must include a
complete phase-out of all fossil fuel infrastructure to truly enact
a climate-safe future. This comment appeals to CARB to remove all
fossil fuel infrastructure support from the scoping plan. We cannot
allow for any further path dependency to lead us to our
destruction.
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