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I commend the CARB staff for its effort in preparing this
comprehensive draft Scoping Plan - but think it needs
strengthening.

Use "cap and auction" not "cap and trade". Make polluters pay.

We should not allow emissions trading with any jurisdiction that
does not have a hard emissions cap of AB32 like stringency.

Any offsets should be limited in number and subjected to rigorous
criteria.

The draft plan should include stronger measures that reform land
use policies in ways that reduce VMT.

Adopt and require the use of greenhouse performance standards,
goals and metrics for  transportation planning and projects, Hold
state, regional, and local agencies accountable for meeting these
metrics.

Enhance and expand (and fund) regional mass transit
infrastructure, including Bus Rapid Transit programs - especially
on existing freeway HOV lanes.

Mandate that automobile companies sell hundreds of thousands of
Zero Emission Vehicles by 2014. The number you currently propose
is insufficient.

Put more emphasis on Zero Waste. Increase recycling by businesses.
Mandate composting of ALL green waste. Require producers to take
responsibility for the end-of-life disposal of their products.