I
am writing to urge you to strengthen and improve the Draft 2022
Scoping Plan Update. On Tuesday our family came close to evacuation
for a wildfire a couple of miles away. We live in an urban
community and though on a hillside, hadn't truly expected to be
victims of a fire. Fortunately, the fire was contained and
the weather conditions kept it from spreading. This is
urgent. it is our last decade to make significant and
meaningful changes in our transportation, energy, building, and
other major infrastructure to prevent an irreversible climate
catastrophe. 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 ridiculously 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 and is the
most critical agency that can lead us 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
strongly 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. CARB must improve the Draft Scoping Plan
by accelerating a phase-out of oil and gas extraction and oil
refining; not making any more investment in fossil fuel
infrastructure; eliminating or significantly reducing 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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