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Nov 8, 2011

California Air Resources Board members
1001 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95814

Dear Air Resources Board members,

I urge you to uphold and protect California's low carbon fuel
standard,
which is reducing our state's oil dependency, lowering the global
warming pollution caused by oil, and ensuring that oil companies
are
investing in cleaner alternatives.

Nearly a year ago, California voters rejected attempts by oil
companies
to undermine our state's clean energy law by soundly defeating
Proposition 23. Now oil companies are attempting to weaken the low
carbon fuel standard, a core part of the law, by weakening
requirements
and exempting dirty, high-carbon fuels. The board should reject
these
attempts.

Oil companies have the ability to invest in cleaner solutions, and
the
standard ensures they do so. By reaffirming your strong support
for
the
standard, you will send a strong signal that California is serious
about moving from being one of the biggest importers of oil to a
leading exporter of clean energy. California can lead the world in
investing in cleaner and safer sources of fuels. Hundreds of
companies
today are involved in helping fuel our cars and trucks from
alternatives such as electricity, hydrogen, advanced biofuels and
natural gas.

The board should also vote to ensure that oil companies are not
only
phasing in cleaner fuels, but phasing out the dirtier ones. I urge
you
to direct Air Resources Board staff to strengthen their proposal
by
ensuring that each oil refinery properly accounts for its use of
dirtier oil sources -- like tar sands -- that only take us
backwards.

California must move forward and help grow the clean fuels
industry
with this standard. Again, please vote to strengthen California's
leadership in clean fuels and to reject attempts by oil companies
to
undermine our low carbon fuel standard.

Sincerely,

Ms. laura .lynch
167 Hancock St
Meriden, CT 06451-3805