Santa Maria Sun / NewsThe following articles were printed from Santa Maria Sun [santamariasun.com] - Volume 14, Issue 50
Political Watch 2/20/14• With the release of an updated scoping plan for California’s clean energy and climate law—Assembly Bill 32—comes praise from the American Lung Association in California that things are moving in the right direction. “The AB 32 scoping plan draft helps steer California to a future of clean air and healthier families,” a press release sent out by the organization said. “We envision a state with healthy air, more walkable neighborhoods, safe places for children to play outside, fewer miles driven and more transit option, and cleaner vehicles and fuels.” The association added that it wants the scoping plan to set more specific reduction targets for each program or industry included in the document. The updated plan was released on Feb. 10 and lays out how the state will reach the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in California to 80 percent below 1990’s levels by 2050. In the updated scoping plan, the California Air Resources Board wrote that California is on track to meet the near-term goal for 2020—which is to get greenhouse gas emissions to what they were in 1990, or 427 million metric tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent emissions—and is in good shape to continue reducing emissions beyond 2020. “Collectively, these actions are evidence of California’s ability to show that it is possible to break the historical connection between economic growth and associated increases in energy demand, combustion of carbon-intensive resources, and pollution,” the air resources board wrote. |
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