The current scoping plan from CARB has plans to double fossil
fuel infrastructure in the state while also continuing to import
Amazon oil. This is insane. California has led the nation in
shifting to renewable, susainable energy sources, and should
continue to do so! Neither California, nor the world, should be
expanding the toxic legacy of fossil fuels. Instead, we should all
be stopping the use of them entirely and California should be
protecting extraction communities in California and the Amazon:
1 - 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 - 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.
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