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 no
earlier than 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 would love to see
California lead the way towards protecting the planet that we all
depend upon for our health and our very lives.
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