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Mariah SDFNL
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From: Tyla Montgomery <mont...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 8:07 PM
Subject: [sdfoodshed] (1in10) Fwd: ACTION ALERT – ZERO WASTE ADVOCACY NEEDED FOR AB 32 CAP & TRADE REVENUE ALLOCATIONS
To: sdfoo...@googlegroups.com
Tell the ARB to fund sustainable food! Submit your comments by March 8th
ACTION ALERT – ZERO WASTE ADVOCACY NEEDED FOR AB 32 CAP & TRADE REVENUE ALLOCATIONS
Background: AB 32, California’s landmark greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions law, includes a market‑based cap-and-trade program for GHG emissions. The first auction of emissions permits will provide $400 million revenues for 2013‑14 to be allocated based on a framework provided by two laws passed during the 2012 legislative session: AB 1532 http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1532&search_keywords=> (Pérez, Chapter 807) and Senate Bill (SB) 535 http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB535&search_keywords=> (De León, Chapter 830). This framework calls for development of an investment plan to fund GHG reductions through energy efficiency and clean energy generation, efficient goods movement, water and land use, waste reduction, and research/commercialization of new technologies.
The state is soliciting public input on the investment plan through a series of public workshops (details on the back of this page):
· Tuesday - February 19, 2013 – 5:00 to 8:00 pm – Fresno
· Monday - February 25, 2013 – 3:00 to 6:00 pm – Sacramento (also webcast)
· Wednesday - February 27, 2013 - 4:00 to 7:00 pm - Los Angeles
In addition to in-person input at workshops, the state is accepting written comments http://www.arb.ca.gov/lispub/comm2/bcsubform.php?listname=2013investmentpln-ws&comm_period=1> due by 5 pm on March 8, 2013.
Zero Waste Advocacy: It is critical that the state hear from multiple stakeholders early and often that the investment plan must support new and expanded:
· Organics Processing - While composting and digestion were mentioned in the Governor’s initial budget proposal, the funding for this category remains uncertain, and the ARB needs to hear strong support for this category.
Increased capacity for organics (green waste and food waste) processing reduces landfill methane emissions. Compost application results in reduced emissions from the production and application of chemical fertilizers, decreased energy-intensive water use associated emissions, and improved soil carbon storage.
· Recycling Market Development – Recycling market development was not included in the Governor’s initial budget proposal but investment in direct incentives and the RMDZ program is needed to grow domestic outlets for recycled materials.
Recycled content manufacturing avoids emissions from raw materials extraction, primary processing, transportation, and refining. Recycling also promotes forest carbon sequestration, and directly reduces direct manufacturing emissions by displacing virgin materials which require more energy for processing, and generate more waste. Re-introducing discards with intrinsic energy value back into manufacturing processes also creates more local jobs by supporting in-state processing and manufacturing with recycled feedstock.
Providing in-person input at workshops and submitting written comments is the most effective way to influence investment plan decisions. All efforts are worthwhile to making a strong show of support for funding Zero Waste solutions to climate change.
Public Workshops
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 5 pm - 8 pm
Mariposa Mall Building – Room 1036
2550 Mariposa Mall Fresno, California 93721
Background: AB 32, California’s landmark greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions law, includes a market‑based cap-and-trade program for GHG emissions. The first auction of emissions permits will provide $400 million revenues for 2013‑14 to be allocated based on a framework provided by two laws passed during the 2012 legislative session: AB 1532 http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1532&search_keywords=> (Pérez, Chapter 807) and Senate Bill (SB) 535 http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB535&search_keywords=> (De León, Chapter 830). This framework calls for development of an investment plan to fund GHG reductions through energy efficiency and clean energy generation, efficient goods movement, water and land use, waste reduction, and research/commercialization of new technologies.
The state is soliciting public input on the investment plan through a series of public workshops (details on the back of this page):
· Tuesday - February 19, 2013 – 5:00 to 8:00 pm – Fresno
· Monday - February 25, 2013 – 3:00 to 6:00 pm – Sacramento (also webcast)
· Wednesday - February 27, 2013 - 4:00 to 7:00 pm - Los Angeles
In addition to in-person input at workshops, the state is accepting written comments http://www.arb.ca.gov/lispub/comm2/bcsubform.php?listname=2013investmentpln-ws&comm_period=1> due by 5 pm on March 8, 2013.
Zero Waste Advocacy: It is critical that the state hear from multiple stakeholders early and often that the investment plan must support new and expanded:
· Organics Processing - While composting and digestion were mentioned in the Governor’s initial budget proposal, the funding for this category remains uncertain, and the ARB needs to hear strong support for this category.
Increased capacity for organics (green waste and food waste) processing reduces landfill methane emissions. Compost application results in reduced emissions from the production and application of chemical fertilizers, decreased energy-intensive water use associated emissions, and improved soil carbon storage.
· Recycling Market Development – Recycling market development was not included in the Governor’s initial budget proposal but investment in direct incentives and the RMDZ program is needed to grow domestic outlets for recycled materials.
Recycled content manufacturing avoids emissions from raw materials extraction, primary processing, transportation, and refining. Recycling also promotes forest carbon sequestration, and directly reduces direct manufacturing emissions by displacing virgin materials which require more energy for processing, and generate more waste. Re-introducing discards with intrinsic energy value back into manufacturing processes also creates more local jobs by supporting in-state processing and manufacturing with recycled feedstock.
Providing in-person input at workshops and submitting written comments is the most effective way to influence investment plan decisions. All efforts are worthwhile to making a strong show of support for funding Zero Waste solutions to climate change.
Public Workshops
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 5 pm - 8 pm
Mariposa Mall Building – Room 1036
2550 Mariposa Mall Fresno, California 93721
Monday, February
25, 2013 3 pm - 6 pm
California Environmental Protection Agency Building,
Byron Sher Auditorium, 2nd floor
1001 I Street Sacramento, California 95814
This meeting will also be webcast: http://www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/ http://www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/>
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 4 pm - 7 pm
Ronald Reagan Building - Auditorium
300 South Spring Street Los Angeles, California 90013
More info on the public workshops is available at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/capandtrade/auctionproceeds/workshops/notice_1_31_english.pdf
Written Comments
Submit written comments http://www.arb.ca.gov/lispub/comm2/bcsubform.php?listname=2013investmentpln-ws&comm_period=1> by 5 pm on March 8, 2013 at:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/capandtrade/auctionproceeds/auctionproceeds.htm http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/capandtrade/auctionproceeds/auctionproceeds.htm>
Additional Zero Waste advocacy points
· Specific funding opportunities include:
o Organics – Direct and ongoing incentives to composting and digestion facilities would provide the biggest opportunity in the long run. Immediate investments in grants and loans to capitalize new and expanded facilities would have a significant impact in jumpstarting this industry in the short term.
o Incentive Payments for Processing and Recycled Content Manufacturing - Building on the model of California’s successful Plastic Market Development Program and providing performance based-investment directly in recycled material processing and manufacturing would reduce direct and lifecycle emissions, create jobs, and prevent greenhouse gas leakage.
o RMDZ - Fully funding and expanding the Recycling Market Development Zone (RMDZ) program would spur economic development and investment in recycling infrastructure.
· Benefits of California Zero Waste climate protection solutions include:
o Supporting the burgeoning digestion industry supports multiple policy priorities, including reducing emissions in the transportation sector and increasing distributed generation and energy efficiency.
o Recycling is one of the most cost-effective ways to reduce greenhouse gases, often ranking as “cost-negative” in analyses evaluating cost effectiveness of various greenhouse gas reduction strategies.
o According to a recent study from the Tellus Institute, collection and processing of recyclables generates nearly four times as many jobs as does disposal, and domestic recycled content processing and manufacturing of these materials adds an additional 2.5 to 18 jobs for every 1,000 tons recycled.
o According to Recycling and Waste Management Subgroup http://www.climatechange.ca.gov/climate_action_team/reports/CAT_subgroup_reports/Recycling_Waste_Mngmt_Summary_and_Analyses.pdf> of the Climate Action Team, “RMDZ program participants diverted approximately 725,000 tons of cardboard, lumber, glass, paper, plastic and metal from landfills in 2006. Based on very preliminary calculations, the estimated annual GHG emission reduction for RMDZ participants is on the order of 1.0 MMTCO2E.”
o Despite landfill gas capture systems, over 6.7 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent fugitive emissions were released from California’s landfills in 2009, according to CARB’s Greenhouse Gas Inventoryhttp://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/data/tables/ghg_inventory_scopingplan_00-09_2011-10-26.pdf> . Composting not only avoids landfill methane. The California Air Resources Board has estimated that in addition to reducing landfill emission, the application of compost saves .42 net tons of CO2 per ton
California Environmental Protection Agency Building,
Byron Sher Auditorium, 2nd floor
1001 I Street Sacramento, California 95814
This meeting will also be webcast: http://www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/ http://www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/>
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 4 pm - 7 pm
Ronald Reagan Building - Auditorium
300 South Spring Street Los Angeles, California 90013
More info on the public workshops is available at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/capandtrade/auctionproceeds/workshops/notice_1_31_english.pdf
Written Comments
Submit written comments http://www.arb.ca.gov/lispub/comm2/bcsubform.php?listname=2013investmentpln-ws&comm_period=1> by 5 pm on March 8, 2013 at:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/capandtrade/auctionproceeds/auctionproceeds.htm http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/capandtrade/auctionproceeds/auctionproceeds.htm>
Additional Zero Waste advocacy points
· Specific funding opportunities include:
o Organics – Direct and ongoing incentives to composting and digestion facilities would provide the biggest opportunity in the long run. Immediate investments in grants and loans to capitalize new and expanded facilities would have a significant impact in jumpstarting this industry in the short term.
o Incentive Payments for Processing and Recycled Content Manufacturing - Building on the model of California’s successful Plastic Market Development Program and providing performance based-investment directly in recycled material processing and manufacturing would reduce direct and lifecycle emissions, create jobs, and prevent greenhouse gas leakage.
o RMDZ - Fully funding and expanding the Recycling Market Development Zone (RMDZ) program would spur economic development and investment in recycling infrastructure.
· Benefits of California Zero Waste climate protection solutions include:
o Supporting the burgeoning digestion industry supports multiple policy priorities, including reducing emissions in the transportation sector and increasing distributed generation and energy efficiency.
o Recycling is one of the most cost-effective ways to reduce greenhouse gases, often ranking as “cost-negative” in analyses evaluating cost effectiveness of various greenhouse gas reduction strategies.
o According to a recent study from the Tellus Institute, collection and processing of recyclables generates nearly four times as many jobs as does disposal, and domestic recycled content processing and manufacturing of these materials adds an additional 2.5 to 18 jobs for every 1,000 tons recycled.
o According to Recycling and Waste Management Subgroup http://www.climatechange.ca.gov/climate_action_team/reports/CAT_subgroup_reports/Recycling_Waste_Mngmt_Summary_and_Analyses.pdf> of the Climate Action Team, “RMDZ program participants diverted approximately 725,000 tons of cardboard, lumber, glass, paper, plastic and metal from landfills in 2006. Based on very preliminary calculations, the estimated annual GHG emission reduction for RMDZ participants is on the order of 1.0 MMTCO2E.”
o Despite landfill gas capture systems, over 6.7 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent fugitive emissions were released from California’s landfills in 2009, according to CARB’s Greenhouse Gas Inventoryhttp://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/data/tables/ghg_inventory_scopingplan_00-09_2011-10-26.pdf> . Composting not only avoids landfill methane. The California Air Resources Board has estimated that in addition to reducing landfill emission, the application of compost saves .42 net tons of CO2 per ton
composted through soil carbon storage, and decreased water use, fertilizer use and soil erosion.
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