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Dear CARB Board:

Thanks for the opportunity for public input at this crucial time
in history.  This is where we take a stand and declare that without
a commitment to healthier environment nothing else much matters in
the future.

Please adopt a strong global warming scoping plan for California
to both slow global warming and reduce smog and other dangerous air
pollutants that cause illness and death.

The evidence is clear that air pollution is linked with excess
deaths, excess lung and heart disabilities, and is a great economic
burden to our state.  It is also clear that reducing global warming
will reduce many of our air pollution problems.

I urge the California  Air Resources Board  to adopt a strong plan
to combat global warming in California and to be the model for
other states and indeed other nations.  Please add a stronger focus
on measures to reduce emissions from driving  that contribute the
largest percentage of greenhouse gases  in California.  The plan
should include a much more aggressive statewide goal for reducing
vehicle trips and measures to promote progressive action by local
governments.  The plan should also include a strong goal and
additional regulatory measures for reducing pollution from
industrial sources such as petroleum refineries and cement
manufacturing facilities.

In addition, the plan must demonstrate that the variety of
proposed measures will  not only make rapid progress toward
reducing greenhouse gases, but will also  provide local benefits to
vulnerable individuals and communities and assist with adaptation
to the negative effects of global warming.

Thank you for your consideration of my concerns to strengthen
these key strategies in the AB 32 draft scoping plan.

Sincerely,

Kathleen Sullivan