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July 14, 2008

The Honorable Arnold Schwarzenegger
Governor of California
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, Calif. 95815

Mary Nichols, Chairman
California Air Resources Board
1001 ‘I’ Street
Sacramento, Calif. 95814
 
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger & Chairman Nichols:

On behalf of Environment California, I would like to congratulate
the California Air Resources Board (ARB) for successfully
developing the AB 32 draft Scoping Plan, the nation’s first
comprehensive roadmap for reducing global warming pollution to
levels that science requires.  

I am writing to present a letter from Environment California
supporters.  An area of particular concern to Environment
California and many of our supporters is the design of the
proposed cap and trade program.  The success of a potential cap
and trade program depends critically on the details of how it is
designed and implemented.  One of the most important design
considerations is the method for distributing permits – or
“allowances” – to emit greenhouse gas pollution.  Environment
California firmly believes that the state should auction 100
percent of the allowances in any cap and trade program.

As a citizen-based environmental advocacy organization,
Environment California has an extensive network of supporters and
members throughout the state who care deeply about California’s
landmark effort to tackle global warming.  Through our outreach,
more than 9,000 individuals have signed the following letter:

  To: Governor Schwarzenegger
  Cc: California Air Resources Board
  
  Thank you for your continued leadership in tackling global 
  warming.  The next step for California is to adopt strong 
  policies to deter global warming pollution and invest in 
  long-term solutions that will kick our dependence on fossil 
  fuels.
  
  Please don’t give the state’s biggest polluters their pollution 

  “credits” for free.   Instead, make polluters pay for every ton

  of pollution they emit, and then funnel that money to wind and 
  solar power, greener buildings and a cleaner transportation 
  system.
  
  Thank you.

Attached, for the ARB’s records and for review by the governor’s
office, is a full list of all 9,246 individuals who signed the
letter.

Thank you both for your leadership on this critical issue.  By
auctioning allowances, your administration will shift investments
from dirty resources to clean technologies and further
California’s place as a pioneer in producing real solutions to the
climate crisis.

Sincerely,
 
Jason Barbose, Global Warming Advocate
Environment California

Original File Name: Environment California global warming petition.pdf

Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2008-07-14 15:33:31