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Dear CARB Board members: Thank you for your hard work so far
envisioning a plan to implement the Global Warming Solutions Act. I
have a few requests that I believe will make this plan even
stronger. I hope you will consider them during your meeting. -     
   Please auction off all emission allowances. Program revenues
should go toward GHG reduction programs, such as clean
technologies, green jobs, and aid for low-income consumers and
small businesses to reduce their utility bills. -         Please
work to reduce the role of offsets in the Plan. Providing too many
offsets encourages continuing emissions in low-income neighborhoods
and in defenseless habitats, and weakens the demand for clean
energy technology innovation. Limiting offsets will create more
clean-energy jobs, stimulating our state’s economy.-          
Please increase the targets for local governments to reduce
emissions caused by poorly planned growth that drives up vehicle
miles travelled. -          Please require businesses to recycle
their materials. We have a chance to make California even better as
we address one of the worst crises our planet has ever faced.
Strong CARB policies will help our state’s residents realize some
of the benefits we will receive by taking on global warming
pollution: reduced air pollution, more clean-energy jobs, less
waste and healthier communities. Thanks again for your work on
behalf of clean air for California.