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newsrel -- California Charts Path to Achieve Ambitious 2030 Climate Goals

Posted: 02 Dec 2016 12:55:20
Please consider the following news release from the California
Air Resources Board:

http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/newsrelease.php?id=880

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DECEMBER 2, 2016

NEWS RELEASE 16-59



CONTACT: 

Stanley Young
(916) 322-2990
stanley.young@arb.ca.gov

Dave Clegern
(916) 322-2990
dave.clegern@arb.ca.gov



California Charts Path to Achieve Ambitious 2030 Climate Goals


SACRAMENTO — Moving to limit the state’s dangerous dependence on
oil and exposure to toxic air pollution, the California Air
Resources Board (CARB) today released its initial draft plan to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent below 1990 levels
by 2030 – the most ambitious target in North America. The plan
builds on the state’s successful efforts to reach its more
immediate goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 1990
levels by 2020 and outlines the most effective ways to reach the
new 2030 goal, including continuing California’s Cap-and-Trade
program.

California is reducing emissions through a series of actions,
innovative solutions and advances in technology, including
cleaner, more fuel-efficient cars and zero emission vehicles,
low-carbon fuels, renewable energy, Cap-and-Trade regulations,
waste diversion from landfills, water conservation and
improvements to energy efficiency in homes and businesses. The
result is improved public health, a growing economy with more
green jobs and better clean energy choices for Californians.

“Now more than ever, the nation – and the world – are looking to
California for leadership on climate change and air quality.
Denial is not an option. We must plan, invest and transform,”
said CARB Chair Mary D. Nichols. “This draft plan builds on
California’s decade-long success in transforming the state’s
economy. It sets in place a public process to develop the
policies that will create continued opportunities for innovation
and investment, benefit disadvantaged communities and ensure
California continues to lead the fight against the global threat
of climate change.”  

Assembly Bill 32, signed in 2006, set California’s initial goal
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and
directed CARB to develop a climate change scoping plan – to be
updated every five years – detailing the specific measures needed
to reach the target. Today’s draft plan, required by the
Governor’s April 2015 Executive Order, updates the previous
scoping plan to account for the new 2030 target codified in
Senate Bill 32 and reflects input from 18 public workshops and
community meetings, numerous state government agencies and CARB’s
Environmental Justice Advisory Committee. 

The draft plan analyzes continuing the Cap-and-Trade program,
which is currently being used to reach the state’s greenhouse gas
reduction goals. The analysis shows how Cap-and-Trade provides
more certainty that the state will meet the 2030 goals even if
other measures fall short. The Cap-and-Trade program funds the
California Climate Change Investments program, which provides
funds for community, local, regional and statewide projects aimed
at reducing greenhouse gas emissions – with at least 35 percent
of proceeds to be invested in disadvantaged communities.  To
date, approximately $3.4 billion has been invested. 

The draft plan also includes two alternative strategies – one
that relies on more direct regulations, and one that includes a
carbon tax.
All of the strategies propose direct greenhouse gas reductions at
oil refineries to improve air quality in California, particularly
in disadvantaged communities historically located adjacent to
these large stationary sources of emissions. 

To achieve the 2030 goal – under any scenario – will require
contributions from all sectors of the economy and will include
enhanced focus on zero- and near-zero emission vehicle
technologies; continued investment in renewables, including solar
and wind; greater use of low-carbon fuels; integrated land
conservation and development strategies; coordinated efforts to
reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants, which include
methane, black carbon and fluorinated gases; an increased focus
on integrated land use planning to support livable,
transit-connected communities and conservation of agricultural
and other lands. 

CARB will release another update to this plan in January 2017 –
following a December workshop – which will include detailed
economic and environmental analyses and document the social cost
of carbon, and the range of greenhouse gas, criteria pollutant
and toxic pollutant emission reductions from each proposed
measure in the plan as required by Assembly Bill 197 – companion
legislation to Senate Bill 32. The plan is expected to be
finalized for consideration in Spring 2017.

The 2030 Target Scoping Plan Discussion Draft, in full, is
available at:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/scopingplan/scopingplan.htm

Stakeholders and the public are encouraged to submit comments on
the 2030 Target Scoping Plan Discussion Draft by December 16,
2016 at 5:00 PM PST at:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/scopingplan/scopingplan.htm



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