73_orgs_letter_-_a_just_and_ambitious_scoping_plan-a7d54e923b19855a.pdf

A coalition of 73 organizations argues that California's 2022 Draft Scoping Plan fails to accelerate climate targets or increase the pace of action beyond existing commitments. The group proposes a comprehensive set of revisions, including phasing out oil extraction by 2035 and refining by 2045, banning new gas-fired power generation immediately, and achieving a zero-carbon electric sector by 2035. They also call for a 30% reduction in vehicle miles traveled by 2035, a phase-out of new gas appliance sales by 2030, and the limitation of carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon dioxide removal (CDR) to only the most essential, hard-to-decarbonize sectors.

• The 2022 Draft Scoping Plan is criticized for failing to meet statutory 2030 requirements and 2045 carbon neutrality targets, relying instead on "record-breaking levels of unspecified mitigation from the cap-and-trade program in 2030 and entirely unrealistic levels of direct air capture in 2045."
• The coalition demands a phase-out of fossil fuel extraction in California by 2035 and refining by 2045, noting that the Draft Scoping Plan's delay of extraction phase-out to 2045 is "unacceptable to meet our state’s climate and health goals."
• The authors oppose the Draft Scoping Plan's proposal to build 10 GW of new gas capacity, arguing that no new gas-fired generation should be built and that the electric sector should reach a greenhouse gas target of 0 million metric tons (MMT) by 2035.
• Proposed transportation revisions include reducing vehicle miles traveled (VMT) by 30% by 2035, ensuring 75% of new passenger vehicle sales are zero-emission by 2030, and achieving 100% zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty truck sales by 2035.
• The coalition calls for the phase-out of new gas appliance sales by 2030 and the full decommissioning of the gas distribution system by 2045 to avoid "entrenching methane leakage and gas combustion pollution."
• The document argues against the use of Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) for fossil fuel combustion, oil refining, or bioenergy, and suggests that Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) should be limited to the "final sliver of emissions that cannot be directly eliminated."
• The coalition recommends that green hydrogen be limited to electrolytic hydrogen produced from renewable solar and wind energy, specifically for hard-to-decarbonize sectors like heavy-duty shipping, aviation, rail, and industry, rather than road transport or building heating.

APA

Earthjustice (n.d.). 73_orgs_letter_-_a_just_and_ambitious_scoping_plan-a7d54e923b19855a.pdf. https://earthjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/73_orgs_letter_-_a_just_and_ambitious_scoping_plan.pdf

Chicago

Earthjustice. 73_orgs_letter_-_a_just_and_ambitious_scoping_plan-a7d54e923b19855a.pdf. n.d. https://earthjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/73_orgs_letter_-_a_just_and_ambitious_scoping_plan.pdf.

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BibTeX

@misc{earthjusticend73orgsletterajustandambitiousscopingplana7d54e923b19855apdf, author = {{Earthjustice}}, title = {{73\_orgs\_letter\_-\_a\_just\_and\_ambitious\_scoping\_plan-a7d54e923b19855a.pdf}}, publisher = {Earthjustice}, url = {https://earthjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/73_orgs_letter_-_a_just_and_ambitious_scoping_plan.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }