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 The California Air Resources Board (CARB) 
 On November 20, you will consider the elements of your plan to
stop global warming. 
As it stands, the plan allows that more than one-fifth of the
reductions can come from a “cap-and-trade” system which will let
polluters trade permits for putting out greenhouse gases. The
proposal leaves open the chance the state will give away these
emission allowances for free, even though the pollution they allow
can hurt Californians.
 
Furthermore, the proposed plan would also let polluters meet half
of these emissions caps by buying “offsets” – that is they can buy
their way out of complying with state law by paying others to
reduce their global warming pollution. This could not only worsen
air pollution in our most polluted communities, but would
discourage development of clean energy technologies in California.
 
This is no way to achieve our goal to tackle the pollution that
causes global warming. The laws must not allow any of the above
loop holes and give all possible incentives to speedy development
alternative sustainable energy sources (NO COAL< End of  oil; no
drilling)--as other developed countries are doing, eager to get the
technology and the markets for their  economy!!

sincerely,
Sigrid mclaughlin