{"id":51879,"date":"2025-04-02T05:10:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T05:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/humboldt\/350-humboldt-lookout-for-march-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-04-02T05:10:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T05:10:25","slug":"350-humboldt-lookout-for-march-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/humboldt\/350-humboldt-lookout-for-march-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"350 Humboldt LookOut for March, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><title><\/title><\/p>\n<p>      #outlook a {padding:0;}<br \/>\n      .ExternalClass {width:100%;}<br \/>\n      .ExternalClass, .ExternalClass p, .ExternalClass span, .ExternalClass font, .ExternalClass td, .ExternalClass div {line-height: 100%;}<\/p>\n<p>      img {outline:none; text-decoration:none; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;}<br \/>\n      a img {border:none;}<br \/>\n      .image_fix {display:block;}<\/p>\n<p>      p {margin: 1em 0;}<\/p>\n<p>      h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {color: #404040;}<\/p>\n<p>      table td {border-collapse: collapse;}<\/p>\n<p>      @media only screen and (max-device-width: 480px) {<br \/>\n        a[href^=&#8221;tel&#8221;], a[href^=&#8221;sms&#8221;] {<br \/>\n              text-decoration: none;<br \/>\n              color: blue;<br \/>\n              \/* pointer-events: none; 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Humboldt released its Regional Climate Action<br \/>\nPlan last year, and now its PEIR has followed. The acronym means<br \/>\n<\/font><font>Programmatic<br \/>\nEnvironmental Impact Report. <\/font><\/font><\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font><font><font>Why<br \/>\n\u201cprogrammatic?\u201d <\/font><font>A<br \/>\nregular EIR analyzes the impacts of a specific project <\/font><font>before<br \/>\nit <\/font><font>is<\/font><font><br \/>\npermitted<\/font><font>,<br \/>\nbut the complexity and scope of the Climate Action Plan&#8211;<\/font><font>which<br \/>\ninvolves<\/font><font><br \/>\nmany potential projects\u2014calls for a programmatic report. This<br \/>\n<\/font><font>initial<br \/>\nreport<\/font><font><br \/>\n<\/font><font>serves<\/font><font><br \/>\nas a <\/font><font>preliminary<br \/>\nscreening<\/font><font><br \/>\nfor future project-level analysis, <\/font><font>but<br \/>\n<\/font><font>also<br \/>\nmay allow <\/font><font>some<br \/>\nstreamlining of <\/font><font>the<br \/>\npermitting <\/font><font>process<\/font><font>.<br \/>\nWith comments from the public due on April 5, e<\/font><font>nvironmentalists<br \/>\nare proceeding with caution because much depends on this <\/font><font>document.<\/font><font><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font><font><font>EIRs<br \/>\nassess many different environmental impacts, including<\/font><\/font><font><font><br \/>\ngreenhouse gas <\/font><\/font><font><font>[GHG]<br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><font><font>emissions,<br \/>\nair quality, noise level, whether vehicle mile<\/font><\/font><font><font>s<\/font><\/font><font><font><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><font><font>are<br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><font><font>increased<\/font><\/font><font><font>,<br \/>\nand other criteria. This is quite a bit of forecasting and analysis,<br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><font><font>especially<br \/>\nfor something <\/font><\/font><font><font>as<br \/>\nmulti-pronged<\/font><\/font><font><font><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><font><font>and<br \/>\nabstract <\/font><\/font><font><font>as<br \/>\nthe Climate Action Plan<\/font><\/font><font><font>.<br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><font><font>Multi-pronged<br \/>\nbecause it not only anticipates many different potential projects but<br \/>\nmust also coordinate climate plans of seven different jurisdictions<br \/>\nplus multiple agencies. A<\/font><\/font><font><font>bstract<br \/>\nbecause many of the measures do not specify how <\/font><\/font><font><font>the<br \/>\nclimate<\/font><\/font><font><font><br \/>\ngoals will be realized.<\/font><\/font><font><font><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font>A blueprint it isn\u2019t. Yet<br \/>\nthe purpose of this document is to usher the county towards a<br \/>\nsignificant reduction of GHG emissions in order to comply with state<br \/>\nlaw. The mandated target for Humboldt is an annual reduction of<br \/>\n218,000 CO2e tons by 2030. The same consulting firm that wrote the<br \/>\nRegional Climate Action Plan\u2014Rincon Consultants\u2014has written its<br \/>\nCEQA analysis.  The way they have written it has created some<br \/>\nconfusion for its readers so far. <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font>Environmentalists usually want<br \/>\nmore environmental analysis of proposed projects\u2014not less. But many<br \/>\nof the RCAP\u2019s measures are based on inherent GHG reductions. For<br \/>\ninstance, an infill housing development is bound to overall reduce<br \/>\ngeenhouse gases compared to clearing land outside of town to site<br \/>\nhouses and increasing vehicle miles traveled, especially if no public<br \/>\ntransit is available. So if certain parameters are observed, the EIR<br \/>\nof the infill project may be streamlined by skipping a the GHG impact<br \/>\nanalysis. <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font>However, the way this PEIR is<br \/>\nwritten seems to indicate that the county expects to skip CEQA<br \/>\naltogether for projects that are supposed to fulfill the purpose of<br \/>\nthe RCAP. This is called tiering.  In order for developers to be so<br \/>\nconfident that they can in good faith tier future projects off the<br \/>\nClimate Action Plan, it would need much more information than what<br \/>\nthe PEIR can offer because so many details aren\u2019t even known at<br \/>\nthis point. A<font><font>ll<br \/>\nthe different criteria that <\/font><\/font><font><font>CEQA<br \/>\nuses <\/font><\/font><font><font>to<br \/>\nanalyze projects are listed in the PEIR<\/font><\/font><font><font>,<br \/>\nbut this <\/font><\/font><font><font>wholesale<br \/>\nlist is applied to broad sections of the Climate Action Plan or even<br \/>\nto the entire plan. It<\/font><\/font><font><font><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><font><font>doesn\u2019t<br \/>\nevaluate<\/font><\/font><font><font><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><font><font>specific<\/font><\/font><font><font><br \/>\nprojects or mitigation measures. <\/font><\/font><\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font>Plus the PEIR is missing an<br \/>\nexplanation of how Rincon has measured impacts of future projects. If<br \/>\nthe report says that anticipated impacts of a possible organic<br \/>\nrecycling facility fall below a significant threshold, how was that<br \/>\nthreshold determined? If those thresholds could be certified as<br \/>\naccurate, then a checklist for developers would allow them to make<br \/>\nsure that future projects are consistent with the RCAP. However, the<br \/>\ncounty says the checklist won\u2019t be available until the Final EIR is<br \/>\npublished. At that point it\u2019s next to impossible to change<br \/>\nanything. <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font><font><font>The<br \/>\ncounty Planning Department has verbally reassured <\/font><font>local<br \/>\nenvironmental organizations and other interested parties<\/font><font><br \/>\nthat the PEIR would not preclude further CEQA analysis except for GHG<br \/>\nemissions <\/font><font>in<br \/>\nsome cases<\/font><font>.<br \/>\n<\/font><font>The<br \/>\nanalyses and possible mitigation measures listed in the document are<br \/>\nonly examples of what might be appropriate. This needs to be stated<br \/>\nin the PEIR, which should be complete in itself instead of relying on<br \/>\ndirection from individuals.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p>\n<font><font><font>So<br \/>\nfar I\u2019ve<\/font><font><br \/>\ntried to cover the <\/font><font>most<br \/>\n<\/font><font>basic<br \/>\nhazard of the Programmatic Environmental Impact Report.  What role<br \/>\nwill this Report play in the future when actual projects are proposed<br \/>\nto carry out the purpose of Humboldt Climate Action Plan? <\/font><font>Part<br \/>\ntwo <\/font><font>of<br \/>\nthis article <\/font><font>[below]<br \/>\n<\/font><font>will<br \/>\ngive some examples of more specific problems. <\/font><\/font><\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>350 Humboldt<br \/>\nHappenings<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our next General<br \/>\nMeeting<\/strong> <strong>will be held on <\/strong><strong>March<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>2<\/strong>. We<br \/>\nhave much to discuss and plan\u2014Earth Day events and a fundraiser<br \/>\nevent for this summer. Bring your bold imaginations!<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/82415260158?pwd=SHY0dENuZ3o5MXFSRExLd3kxeE9iQT09<\/p>\n<p><strong>The<br \/>\nLetter-writing group <\/strong><strong>gets together every Sunday night<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>at 7 PM<\/strong>. Everyone welcome.<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/84789051501?pwd=L3pJL0t1am5EblJRVWZhUWFIenpIdz09<\/p>\n<p><strong>The next meeting<br \/>\nof the legislative committee is April 9<\/strong><strong> at noon<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<strong><a>https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/88263539861?pwd=IoIjbB8adI6wy3Pz2MZJaMbVptWnCX.1<\/a><br \/>\n  Meeting ID: 882 6353 9861  Passcode: 727574<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>The<br \/>\nShort-Lived Climate Pollutants committee, which works with our<br \/>\npartner, <\/strong><\/strong><strong><strong><a>Climate Action California<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/strong><strong>from Silicon<br \/>\nValley,<\/strong><strong> has<br \/>\nopenings for new members. The committee often works with California<br \/>\nAir Resources Board, focusing on methane and refrigerants. It was<br \/>\nresponsible for getting CARB to agree last year to regulate dairy<br \/>\nmethane. <\/strong><strong>Contact<br \/>\nDan at dwchandl@gmail.com if you&#8217;re interested in joining.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>The first<br \/>\nArcata<\/strong><\/strong><strong><strong> <\/strong><\/strong><strong><a>Repair Cafe<\/a><br \/>\nwill take place<\/strong><strong><br \/>\non April <\/strong><strong>6<\/strong><strong><br \/>\nfrom 10-2 at the Arcata Community Center.<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Folks who<br \/>\nwant to volunteer <\/strong><strong>to<br \/>\nhelp people fix things\u2014from fabrics to appliances&#8211;<\/strong><strong>should<br \/>\nemail <\/strong><strong>Wendy<br \/>\nRing at <a href=\"mailto:wring123@gmail.com\">wring123@gmail.com<\/a><\/strong><strong>.<br \/>\n<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>California Youth<br \/>\nClimate Policy is making its Leadership Program available in Humboldt<br \/>\ncounty <\/strong>this year. Sponsored by <a>Ten Strands<\/a>, Sierra Club and<br \/>\nUndauntedK-12, the mentorship program trains high school youth to<br \/>\ninitiate climate campaigns in their own communities. A similar<br \/>\nprogram in Oregon, Rogue Climate Action Team, just won a big <em>victory<br \/>\n<\/em>in Ashland by persuading the city to incentivize all-electric new<br \/>\nhomes.\n<\/p>\n<p><font><span><\/span><\/font><font>350<br \/>\nHumboldt played a supporting role to help CYCP start operating in<br \/>\n2023.  It has been active in sixteen counties. Now we\u2019<\/font><font>re<br \/>\nhelping<\/font><font><br \/>\nextend its invitation to Humboldt county students. If you know of<br \/>\nstudents who are interested in <\/font><font>learning<br \/>\nthe ropes of <\/font><font>climate-motivated<br \/>\npolitical activism or of possible mentors, please email<\/font><font><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:mawalden53@yahoo.com\">mawalden53<\/a><\/font><a href=\"mailto:mawalden53@yahoo.com\"><strong><font>@<\/font><\/strong><strong><font>yahoo.com<\/font><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><font>\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00ab\u00ab\u00ab<br \/>\n\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00ab\u00ab\u00ab<\/font><\/strong><strong><font><br \/>\n<\/font><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>A piece of equipment<br \/>\nat the biomass plant in Scotia <a>exploded<\/a> on the last day of<br \/>\nMarch<\/strong>, injuring one of its employees who was trying to unplug it. He<br \/>\nsuffered first and second degree burns to his face and arms, plus<br \/>\ninjuries incurred by diving off a ten foot high catwalk to escape the<br \/>\nfireball.  The fire chief of the Rio Dell Fire Protection District,<br \/>\nShane Wilson, said that equipment at the plant had caused problems<br \/>\nbefore that brought the fire department out. You can hear the scanner<br \/>\ntape <a>here<\/a> as the ambulance transported the victim to the<br \/>\nhospital.\n<\/p>\n<p>Built in the late<br \/>\n1980s the plant\u2019s outdated technology has been the center of<br \/>\ncontention for its impact on air quality and its high carbon<br \/>\nemissions. <a>Humboldt Clean Energy Coalition<\/a> and EPIC<br \/>\nreported the plant to the EPA last year because it hasn\u2019t renewed<br \/>\nits permit for more than twenty years. The biomass plant just<br \/>\nrecently applied for permission to increase the amount of wood it<br \/>\nburns, possibly quintupling its output of particulates. Nevertheless<br \/>\nthe North Coast United Air Quality Management District granted the<br \/>\napplication without requiring the plant to upgrade its pollution<br \/>\ncontrols even though the Clean Air Act requires the upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>\nRedwood Coast Energy Authority, which has promised a hundred percent<br \/>\nclean renewable energy by 2030, has a contract with Humboldt Sawmill<br \/>\nCompany until 2031. Twenty percent of its power mix is currently from<br \/>\nthat source.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/s3_files\/uploads\/data\/000\/990\/370\/original\/andrew_goff_biomass_plant.png\" style=\"width: 100%;max-width: 555px;margin: auto\" width=\"555\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" align=\"middle\"><\/p><figcaption class=\"redactor_caption\" data-src=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/s3_files\/uploads\/data\/000\/990\/370\/original\/andrew_goff_biomass_plant.png\">Andrew Goff, courtesy of Lost Coast Outpost<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\n<font><strong>The big question is if<br \/>\nHumboldt\u2019s hopes for offshore wind energy will ever come to<br \/>\nfruition <\/strong>now that a sworn enemy of \u201cwindmills\u201d occupies the<br \/>\nhighest office in the land. (Not that that\u2019s the only thing we\u2019re<br \/>\nworrying about). Because the wind leases have already been paid for,<br \/>\nand we\u2019re looking at a period of perhaps five years devoted to<br \/>\nenvironmental reviews and surveys before actual construction begins,<br \/>\nsome optimism has survived. <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font>However, the wind leases may<br \/>\nbe safe but how long can the industry itself hold out? RWE and<br \/>\nVineyard Wind, the two corporations who are leasing the offshore wind<br \/>\nareas are already experiencing tough finances and <a>layoffs<\/a>.<br \/>\nHere is an interesting <a>podcast<\/a> entitled \u201cTrump Breaks Wind?\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font><font><span><\/span><\/font><font>If<br \/>\nyou\u2019d like to receive monthly <\/font><font><a>newsletter<\/a> from CoreHub about the latest offshore wind-related news, you can<br \/>\nsign up here. And as always, the answers to any answerable questions<br \/>\nabout offshore wind here on the North coast can be found on EPIC\u2019s<br \/>\noffshore wind <\/font><font><em><a>website<\/a>.<\/em><\/font><font><em><span><\/span><\/em><\/font><strong><font><br \/>\n<\/font><\/strong><\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><font>\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00ab\u00ab\u00ab<br \/>\n\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00ab\u00ab\u00ab<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><font><strong>Senator<br \/>\nJohn Laird has introduced a new bill to beef up safety standards for<br \/>\nbattery energy storage<\/strong> [BESS] after a second fire at the Moss Landing<br \/>\nfacility. <a>SB 283<\/a> follows an earlier bill\u2014SB 38\u2014which<br \/>\nSenator Laird wrote in response to the first fire in September of<br \/>\n2022. It became law, but apparently, neither PG&amp;E nor Vistra<br \/>\nEnergy, which both operate BESS facilities at the Moss Landing site,<br \/>\nsubmitted the required safety plans to Mendocino county. <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p><font>SB<br \/>\n283 would <a>magnify the protections<\/a> of SB 38 in multiple ways<br \/>\nand also require a State Fire Marshall review of the most recent<br \/>\nNational Fire Protection Association standards before any facility is<br \/>\ncertified. It will also prohibit the development of BESS in indoor<br \/>\ncombustible buildings. The CPUC has already adopted many of these<br \/>\nproposed rules.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font>Seventy<br \/>\nfive percent of battery storage in the state of California already<br \/>\nuses newer, <a>safer technology<\/a>, ranging from better batteries to<br \/>\nless concentrated distribution of the batteries and better housing<br \/>\nand monitoring. Senator Laird\u2019s bill would apply high standards to<br \/>\nall BESS facilities but also prompt a discussion of how to further<br \/>\nhandle the older technology that comprises 25% of current storage<br \/>\nbatteries. <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p><font>Another<br \/>\nlegislator, Senator Dawn Addis of Morro Bay, has also responded to<br \/>\nthe multiple fires at Moss Landing with a new bill. <a>AB 303<\/a><br \/>\nwould seriously cripple the growth of the BESS industry. A long list<br \/>\nof land types and locations would qualify as sites too<br \/>\nenvironmentally sensitive for battery storage. Buffer zones of 3200<br \/>\nfeet would be required between Bess facilities and \u201csensitive<br \/>\nreceptors.\u201d These are defined as not only schools and hospitals,<br \/>\nbut also homes and businesses. Pretty much any buildings. <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p><font>Battery<br \/>\nstorage produces 13,300 megawatts in California now. It\u2019s estimated<br \/>\nthat we\u2019ll need 52,000 to  reach carbon neutrality in 2045. We<br \/>\nneed this technology to be safe. We also need to realize that there<br \/>\nis no such thing as zero risk for any technology. Solid state lithium<br \/>\niron phosphate batteries\u2014much safer than the batteries at Moss<br \/>\nLanding&#8211;are becoming standard at BESS facilities.  On the cusp of<br \/>\ncommercial viability are new types of batteries that don\u2019t<br \/>\nrequire lithium or rare earths. They promise a golden age of battery<br \/>\nstorage. Battery recycling techniques are also promising to minimize<br \/>\nthe environmental impacts of mining. <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p><font>Energy<br \/>\nstorage without batteries is possible, and perhaps one day will be<br \/>\nubiquitous. But for the foreseeable future, batteries offer us the<br \/>\nmost feasible way to supply clean energy to the grid when solar and<br \/>\nwind are not available. Without battery storage, it will take even<br \/>\nlonger to get rid of fossil fuels.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font><strong><font><font><strong>Part<br \/>\nTwo of RCAP Rundown<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/strong><\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font><font><font>R<\/font><font>incon<br \/>\n<\/font><font>Consultants<br \/>\n<\/font><font>was<br \/>\nhired to write the current RCAP after the county decided that the<br \/>\noriginal version was too aspirational, meaning that there was no<br \/>\nmechanism for the county to actually achieve or enforce its measures.<br \/>\nThis revision suffers from much the same problem. <\/font><font>It<br \/>\nprescribes changes that <\/font><font>should<\/font><font><br \/>\ndecrease emissions but cannot furnish any guarantees that these<br \/>\nchanges would actually happen. For instance, building charging<br \/>\nstations for EVS is a good idea and may encourage drivers to go<br \/>\nelectric, but it\u2019s impossible to <\/font><font>say<br \/>\nhow much emissions will be reduced<\/font><font><br \/>\n<\/font><font>by<\/font><font><br \/>\nresidents voluntarily adopting EVS. <\/font><font>If<br \/>\nthe county committed to converting its own municipal fleet of<br \/>\nvehicles to EVS, we\u2019d have some real numbers, <\/font><font>albeit<br \/>\nsmall<\/font><font>.<br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p><font><font><font>In<br \/>\nmuch the same vein, the county takes credit for reducing emissions by<br \/>\nincentivizing residents to switch from natural gas to electricity.<br \/>\nThis <\/font><\/font><font><font>could<br \/>\nbe<\/font><\/font><font><font><br \/>\na great thing to do, but the county can\u2019t guarantee how many people<br \/>\nwill take advantage of the<\/font><\/font><font><font><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><font><font>incentives<\/font><\/font><font><font>.<br \/>\nWorse, there is no recognition that converting to regular resistance<br \/>\nelectric appliances\u2014instead of heat pump technologies <\/font><\/font><font><font>and<br \/>\ninduction stove<\/font><\/font><font><font>&#8212;<br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><font><font>would<br \/>\noverall increase energy<\/font><\/font><strong><font><font><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/strong><font><font>costs<\/font><\/font><font><font>.<br \/>\nIt wouldn\u2019t take too many disgruntled all-electric customers to<br \/>\nspread the word that such a change is ill-rewarded for all but the<br \/>\nmost dedicated climate change activists. Even worse, too much of an<br \/>\nelectricity increase could <\/font><\/font><font><font>actually<\/font><\/font><font><font><br \/>\nincrease GHG emissions.That problem could occur during peak<br \/>\nelectricity usage hours when utilities turn on natural gas peaker<br \/>\nplants. <\/font><\/font><font><font>The<br \/>\nRCAP should specifically incentivize energy-efficient technologies.<\/font><\/font><\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p><font><font><font>M<\/font><\/font><font><font>easure<br \/>\nBE-1 equates increased enrollment in Redwood Coast Energy Authority<br \/>\nwith decreased GHG emissions. This piggy-backing assumes that \u201cRCEA<\/font><\/font><font><font><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><font><font>is<br \/>\ncurrently on track to provide all customers with electricity that is<br \/>\nsourced from 100 percent net-zero-carbon emission renewable sources<br \/>\nby 2030, 15 years ahead of the state target.\u201d <\/font><\/font><font><font>Unfortunately,<br \/>\nRCEA is not on track, due to financial setbacks. Right now it is only<br \/>\nmeeting the state\u2019s minimum requirements for renewable energy. <\/font><\/font><\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p><font><font><font>As<br \/>\nregular LookOut readers already know<\/font><\/font><font><font>,<br \/>\nRCEA does not count biogenic carbon <\/font><\/font><font><font>from<br \/>\nbiomass electricity <\/font><\/font><font><font>even<br \/>\nthough it\u2019s indistinguishable from nonbiogenic carbon in the<br \/>\natmosphere and in its effects. I don\u2019t <\/font><\/font><font><font>need<\/font><\/font><font><font><br \/>\nto argue here against <\/font><\/font><font><font>burning<br \/>\nwood to make electricity<\/font><\/font><font><font><br \/>\nbut simply note that assessing the carbon intensity of RCEA\u2019s<br \/>\nportfolio is complicated by the amount of biomass electricity it<br \/>\nbuys. Anyway, <\/font><\/font><font><font>even<br \/>\ndisregarding<\/font><\/font><font><font><br \/>\nthose emissions doesn\u2019t bolster the RCAP\u2019s claim that<\/font><\/font><strong><font><font><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/strong><font><font>Humboldt\u2019s<br \/>\nemissions will have decreased by 2030 simply by buying electricity<br \/>\nfrom RCEA.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p>\n<font><font>Since<br \/>\nthe largest source of emissions in Humboldt is transportation,<br \/>\n<\/font><font>reducing<\/font><font><br \/>\n<\/font><font>vehicle<br \/>\nmiles traveled [VMT] is imperative. <\/font><font><br \/>\n<\/font><font>The<br \/>\nHumboldt County Association of Governments\u2014which promotes and funds<br \/>\nboth public transit and infill development\u2014has developed a Regional<br \/>\nTransportation Plan to reduce VMT by 25% by 2030.  The PEIR claims<br \/>\nthat the VMT measures of the Climate Action Plan align with the<br \/>\nRegional Transportation Plan, yet<\/font><font><br \/>\n<\/font><font>the<br \/>\nCAP itself doesn\u2019t back that up. It calls for only a 3.2%<br \/>\nreduction. Among other things this discrepancy could permit<br \/>\ndevelopments to reduce VMT by only the much smaller number.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p>\n<font><font><font><font>The<br \/>\npurpose of the public comment period on the PEIR is to fix <\/font><font>these<br \/>\ntypes of unclarities and<\/font><font><br \/>\ninconsistencie<\/font><font>s<\/font><font><br \/>\nthat are bound to occur when analyzing a document as complex as<br \/>\nHumboldt\u2019s Regional Climate Action Plan.<\/font><font>They<br \/>\nshould be easy enough to fix. But one of the biggest causes of<br \/>\napprehension concerns biofuels. <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font><font><font><font>Despite<br \/>\nstrong recommendations during the Scoping Plan <\/font><font>comment<br \/>\nperiod<\/font><font>,<br \/>\nthe PEIR does not adequately analyze the environmental impact of<br \/>\nbiofuels. <\/font><font>It<br \/>\nconflates biodiesel and renewable diesel, casting doubt on Rincon\u2019s<br \/>\nexpertise concerning biofuels. They are manufactured from mostly the<br \/>\nsame feedstocks but use different technology to do so and have<br \/>\ndifferent emissions profiles. The state of California now mandates<br \/>\nusing renewable diesel for Off-Road Diesel-Fue<\/font><font>le<\/font><font>d<br \/>\nFleets. The RCAP claims reductions by following this law even though<br \/>\nwe\u2019re supposed to do it anyway.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p>\n<font><font><font>Renewable<br \/>\ndiesel can be manufactured from woody biomass, which we have a lot<br \/>\nof. To do so, however, would entail high air quality impacts, which<br \/>\nare inappropriately dismissed in the PEIR. Using biofuels<br \/>\nmanufactured from biomass also emit high amounts of carbon,<br \/>\nundermining the purpose of the RCAP. <\/font><\/font><\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font><font><font><font>Humboldt\u2019s<br \/>\nforests are a huge climate asset because of their carbon<br \/>\nsequestration capacity. Conservation measures and careful management<br \/>\ncould and should help us decrease emissions. Although dealing with<br \/>\nwaste biomass by burning it to supply electricity\u2014which currently<br \/>\nsupplies 20% of RCEA\u2019s power mix&#8211;or gasifying it to make hydrogen<br \/>\nor renewable diesel makes intuitive sense, dangerous pitfalls<br \/>\nthreaten to make climate impacts worse. This is a controversial issue<br \/>\nmuch in play right now. The RCAP needs to tread with much more<br \/>\ncaution. 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