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Dear CARB Board members:
 
Thanks for your work on the plan to implement the Global Warming
Solutions Act.  Time is of the essence, and the plan needs to be
stronger. Please consider these suggestions.

-        Educate and provide incentives for people to stop eating
meat, especially red meat, and most especially beef. Raising
livestock is a huge contributor to greenhouse gasses, not only
because of the methane but also because rain forests are felled to
provide grazing land.  Becoming vegetarian, or at least forgoing
beef, is 2nd only to not driving as to what individuals can do that
is most effective in reducing greenhouse gasses.

-         Eliminate offsets in the Plan. They are too easily
subject to corruption.  Providing offsets encourages continuing
emissions in low-income neighborhoods and in defenseless habitats,
and weakens the demand for clean energy technology innovation.
Eliminating offsets will create more clean-energy jobs, stimulating
our state’s economy.
 
-         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. 

-        Increase targets for local governments to reduce
emissions.

-        Require businesses to recycle their materials and require
manufacturers to use minimal packaging and-whenever possible-to use
recyclable packaging that is made from recycled materials. 

The consequences of "too little too late" are dire. We must take
strong action to address the worst crisis our species has ever
faced. 
 
Thanks again for your work on behalf of clean air for California.