First Name: | Evan |
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Last Name: | Edgar |
Email Address: | evan@edgarinc.org |
Affiliation | |
Subject | Lithium Supply Chain Due Diligence - EJAC Implementation |
Comment |
CARB needs to adopt a California Battery Directive following the EU Battery Directive to compliment the recently adopted Scoping Plan Update 2022 and the recommendations from the Environmental Justice Advisory Committee (EJAC), where the Scoping Plan accelerates the electrification of the transportation sector with few conditions other than not exacerbating harm to disproportionately impacted communities. Mining lithium from around the world is severely exacerbating harm disproportionately on impacted communities. More than half the world's lithium resources lie beneath the salt flats in the Andean regions of Argentina, Bolivia and Chile, where indigenous quinoa farmers and llama headers must now compete with miners for water in one of the world's driest regions. The LCFS promoting ZEVs need to take Lithium Supply Chain Due Diligence into consideration. |
Attachment |
www.arb.ca.gov/lists/com-attach/25-lcfs-wkshp-feb23-ws-AGxXOFAlWWJVOlUg.pdf Original File Name: Lithium Supply Chain Due Diligence ZEV Battery_.pdf
Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2023-03-14 14:42:27 |
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