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While my understanding of AB 32 is far from total, I do know that
it constitutes a serious attempt to reduce GHG production in
California.  How CARB enforces AB 32 is therefore of critical
importance to anyone who cares about the future of this state and
the planet.

In the Bay Area, the regional transportation authority has
declared that 87% of the $222 billion it expects to receive in
transportation funds over the next 25 years has already been
allocated to "committed" projects, and that these projects, even
those still in the planning stages, are not subject to change or
reevaluation.  Roughly $100 of the $222 billion is slated to be
spent on new projects, at least $60 billion of which would lead to
increases rather than decreases in GHG production. 

So the question becomes:  how will CARB cope with an intransigent
public agency that insists on conducting business as usual,
regardless of the new environmental circumstances and the
provisions of AB 32?