Why not go back to the drawing board and reconfigure the LCFS to be based on EV deployment and not more out of state biofuels? why not make LCFS “zero carbon fuel standard” and dedicate all credits toward EVs? (Most know the answer to that). #LCFS
A targeted program could fund mass transit & equitable electrification at lower cost, but required restricting bogus windfall profits for Big Ag/Big Oil. Instead, the program transfers wealth from drivers to polluting industries, but EVs are portrayed as the justification.
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.@AirResources leaned on ZEV funding to defend this vote.
It's disingenuous. For 3 years, EJ and academics gave CARB a path to *increase* the program's ZEV support while making the program less regressive, and rely less on fuels that starve the Global South. They refused.
“The program “represents a grab bag of giveaways to polluting special interests that have turned what once was a program for climate progress into a piggy bank for their false climate solutions.”
NINA ROBERTSON, EARTH JUSTICE calmatters.org/environment/c…
What an experience to have @AirResources staff justifying why fossil fuel companies might like their program 🤮
We thought @AirResources had to worry about public health not fossil fuel feelings?
@deanflorez
The greatest trick the oil industry ever played was blaming you for gas prices but then giving them a program they actually like (even if they are coy in public).
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The greatest trick the oil industry ever played was blaming you for gas prices but then giving them a program they actually like (even if they are coy in public).
So many people today have shared their stories abut what it’s like to live with the impacts of pollution. @AirResources, will you listen? Do the right thing and vote NO on the LCFS.
Shout out to being in community & solidarity with one another. We might not have dairy digesters in our backyards but we know what’s it’s like to have toxic nuisances next to us 🤬
The long line of environmental justice group members continues to voice their opposition, noting this program does not do enough to actually cut pollution.
Some have noted, with Trump taking office today, CARB/California must do more to seriously reduce emissions.
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So far last handful of public commenters are from environmental justice groups who don't don't think CARB is doing enough here, who said they should not give credits to corporations that aren't doing anything to reduce pollution.
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First public commenter in Spanish, Alberto Leon, appears to not think standards are enough, urges CARB to vote no because it won't address air pollution sufficiently.
"We’re just getting out of one problem to get into another one," he said.
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“Diesel trucks are on our roads 24/7 and that diesel we breathe in is a poison to our health. That’s why the best alternative is to electrify our trucks. When you talk about zero-emissions, let’s mean zero-emissions,” - Macamen Gonzalez, @PC4EJ
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“We are the families most impacted by bad air. You've said there's no safe level of diesel to breathe yet you want to keep funding false solutions. Are our lives a joke to you? Are we so quickly to be dismissed? We need to fund to zero-emissions,” - @ahndrayuhhh, @PC4EJ
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“You can’t play with people’s lives. We are worth something. Our lives are worth something. We respect you but we demand you keep your word. We need zero-emissions,” - Benjamin Juna, community member
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“Both you and I know that these fuels are generating polluting emissions that are leading to more people suffering from asthma and cancer. I am fighting for clean energy and for you to vote NO on the LCFS amendments.” - Jose Avalos, community member
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“There is still time to fix the LCFS so it works for all Californians. Today we urge you to say NO because this policy rewards polluters. Lives are more important than profit. Put us on the right path today.” - Alondra Mateo, @PC4EJ
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Board considers proposed amendments to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard and considers certifying the Final Environmental Impact Analysis, including responses to public feedback on the Draft and Recirculated Draft versions.
➡️bit.ly/4fDfRP5
👉 bit.ly/3YLygTp
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We are in community today to honor the first day of Día De Los Muertos and remind @SouthCoastAQMD, @MayorOfLA & @LongBeachMayor the costs of our air pollution crisis & their obligation to make our air safe to breathe. It's time for action on a #StrongISR for ports.
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The Warehouse ISR is already reducing emissions and dangerous pollution in communities. I am calling in today to remind @SouthCoastAQMD that they have an obligation to save lives and clean up our air with a #StrongISR for ports. @LongBeachMayor & @MayorOfLA