I am writing to the California Air Resources Board to demand
that they prioritize ending reliance on Amazon crude as part of
their climate change plans.
Here are my specific demands:
1. Rein in rogue refineries. Commit California to a
policy/regulatory agenda that ensures that California refineries
are not sourcing crude from regions where there are Indigenous
rights violations or from regions where new oil drilling in the
Amazon is being planned.
2. Don't punt California's climate impacts to communities in the
Amazon. Present a plan for California to reduce and/or eliminate
its consumption of crude from the Amazon.
3. Commit California to new fuel efficiency standards and
expanded electrification of fleets that consume the most Amazon
oil. Expansion of EVs broadly, and public transportation goals to
reduce domestic consumption equivalent to Amazon oil import
totals.