I am writing to urge you to strengthen and improve the Draft
2022 Scoping Plan Update. Scientists have increasingly raised the
alarm that this decade is our last chance to make significant and
meaningful changes in our transportation, energy, building, and
other major infrastructure to prevent an irreversible climate
catastrophe, which is why I am disappointed that the Draft Scoping
Plan fails to accelerate the targets to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 or to achieve carbon
neutrality by 2045. It is simply not good enough to meet the
urgency of the climate crisis and the desperate need for bold
actions. CARB must achieve 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.
I urge the California Air Resources Board
to adopt a more ambitious plan on how our state 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; ceasing all investment in fossil fuel infrastructure;
eliminating 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. Thank you for your consideration.
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