First Name | Jim |
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Last Name | Robinson |
Email Address | jimrobinson1@peoplepc.com |
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Subject | AB 32 Scoping Plan input |
Comment | Dear Board members of CARB: 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, do not auction off any emission allowances. Program revenues should go toward other programs, such as clean technologies, green jobs, and “NO ZERO NADA” aid for low-income consumers and small businesses to reduce their utility bills. Please work to eliminate the role of offsets in the Plan. Providing any offsets encourages continuing emissions and weakens the demand for clean energy technology innovation. All offsets do is allow polluters to buy their way out of reducing emissions and then create another way for wall street to wring more blood from the consumer. Eliminating offsets may create more clean-energy jobs and stimulating our state's economy. Why don’t you create an offset program where motorists can buy offset credits for their gross polluter cars? Let’s be fair here, if you want to do it for business, than don’t discriminate against your citizens. If you don’t want to do it for autos, Why do you want to do it for others? What’s the difference? Please mandate an increase in the targets for local governments to reduce emissions caused by any and all poorly planned growth that increases more residents to move into the state, drives up vehicle miles traveled including support vehicles, increases infrastructure pollution Please require businesses to recycle their materials, starting with ALL state agencies first. We have a chance to make California even better as we address one of the worst crises our planet has ever faced, a population explosion out of control. Weak CARB policies will help our state's residents realize some of the benefits we will receive by taking on reduced air pollution, more clean-energy jobs, less waste and healthier communities. Thanks again for your work on behalf of clean air for California. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2008-11-15 09:15:05 |
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