5/7/2021 |
William |
Casey |
OLQP Church |
Alexandria |
Virginia |
Adopt model rule. Adopt model rule. |
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5/7/2021 |
Robert & Janet |
Chesnut |
Presbyterian Church |
Glen Allen |
Virginia |
We support the TCI-P Rule giving more support to challenged and undeserved communities and to environmental safeguards. We support the TCI-P Rule giving more support to challenged and undeserved communities and to environmental safeguards. |
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5/7/2021 |
Erin |
Parker |
Citizen |
Blacksburg |
Virginia |
Investing in clean energy would not only be good for our environment and preserving our local nature tourism industry but it will help create jobs for the future, not jobs destined for the dust... read more Investing in clean energy would not only be good for our environment and preserving our local nature tourism industry but it will help create jobs for the future, not jobs destined for the dust bin. Please do not cave in to the monied interests of the fossil-fuel lobbyists who do not care about local economies, just their own personal profits. |
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5/7/2021 |
William |
Johnson |
Sierra Club, Rappahannock Group |
Fredericksburg |
Virginia |
I support a strong TCI-P Model Rule that (1) ensures meaningful climate action to address Virginia's largest driver of our climate crisis, (2) directs significant investments to correcting... read more I support a strong TCI-P Model Rule that (1) ensures meaningful climate action to address Virginia's largest driver of our climate crisis, (2) directs significant investments to correcting historic inequities in overburdened and underserved communities; and (3) affords Virginia the opportunity for a cleaner, healthier transportation system.
I also call for the TCI-P Model Rule to include (1) a minimum investment amount to ensure overburdened and underserved communities in Virginia receive a greater-then-proportional share of investments from the program, (2) integration of air quality commitments across Virginia, and (3) robust empowerment of Virginia's Equity Advisory Body.
We are at a crossroads in the climate crisis. One way ensures that the world will become a much more difficult place for our children and grandchildren to live in, if we continue spewing greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. The other way gives us a chance to change the direction that our world is heading towards. How many creatures have to become extinct before we address greenhouse gases? How many ocean-front properties have to be sacrificed to rising seas? How will countries deal with millions of people migrating to neighboring countries that don't want them?
Time is quickly running out. We need to act NOW. We need to adopt the TCI-P Model Rule now to ensure durable, sustained, and necessary reductions in GHG pollution.
“The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.” Dante Alighieri. We are at that moral crisis now. What will you do? |
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5/7/2021 |
JAMES |
STEVENS |
private citizen |
HENDERSON |
Nevada |
I do not supoport this initiative that puts America's economic needs at risk while other nations are given a waiver because they claim some "developing" status. If we are going to... read more I do not supoport this initiative that puts America's economic needs at risk while other nations are given a waiver because they claim some "developing" status. If we are going to make the World better for all of us, we need a comprehensive, no-waivers, all nations plan of attack.
American can not and should not go it alone on this issue. We will all be long gone before this planet is no longer habitable (if that ever happens). The science on this issue to too mushy to proceed at this time. |
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5/7/2021 |
Jamez |
Bolton |
Friends of Nelson |
Lovingston |
Virginia |
It is crucial thar VA take every opportunity to make the transition away from fossil fuels to an economy driven by clean, renewable energy, including, most importantly, in non-polluting... read more It is crucial thar VA take every opportunity to make the transition away from fossil fuels to an economy driven by clean, renewable energy, including, most importantly, in non-polluting transportation. |
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5/7/2021 |
Tom |
Obenschain |
partner |
Richmond |
Virginia |
I call for the TCI-P Model Rule to include (1) a minimum investment amount to ensure overburdened and underserved communities in Virginia receive a greater-then-proportional share of investments... read more I call for the TCI-P Model Rule to include (1) a minimum investment amount to ensure overburdened and underserved communities in Virginia receive a greater-then-proportional share of investments from the program, (2) integration of air quality commitments across Virginia, and (3) robust empowerment of Virginia's Equity Advisory Body. |
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5/7/2021 |
Lynne E |
Miceli |
Private Citizen |
NORFOLK |
Virginia |
I strongly support the TCI-P for Virginia. I particularly support it in view of the fact that the Biden administration is now working to update transportation and other infrastructure with an... read more I strongly support the TCI-P for Virginia. I particularly support it in view of the fact that the Biden administration is now working to update transportation and other infrastructure with an intent to mitigate Climate Change. We are in the midst of a crucial paradigm shift and the stronger the partnership working through that change, the better. Virginia needs a TCI-P Model Rule to make sure that overburdened and underserved communities in Virginia receive an appropriate share of investments from the program. |
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5/7/2021 |
David |
Kuebrich |
Our revolution Falls Church |
Fairfax |
Virginia |
The proposed Transportation and Climate Initiative Program should be adopted immediately.
The TCI-P is an excellent initial plan for cutting vehicle emissions in Virginia (and... read more The proposed Transportation and Climate Initiative Program should be adopted immediately.
The TCI-P is an excellent initial plan for cutting vehicle emissions in Virginia (and surrounding states). It will promote an increase in electric vehicles and the needed charging infrastructure to support this revolutionary transformation of transportation.
This initiative, plus the complementary steps being taken by our federal government, will provide thousands of well-paying new jobs for Virginians, especially in front-line communities. Even more important: it will help save our endangered planet, so future generations can survive and thrive.
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5/7/2021 |
Leslie |
Louden |
Arlington, VA resident |
Arlington |
Virginia |
I strongly support the TCI-P Model Rule as an essential next step on the road to decarbonization.
A 2018 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) confirms that... read more I strongly support the TCI-P Model Rule as an essential next step on the road to decarbonization.
A 2018 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) confirms that meeting the Paris Agreement's 1.5-degree target will require cutting GHG emissions roughly in half by 2030, and achieving net zero emissions by 2050. Achieving these reductions will be challenging. A recent forecast from the United Nations' World Meteorological Organization finds "a 20% chance that global temperatures will be 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) higher than the pre-industrial average in at least one year between 2020 and 2024."
We simply no longer have the luxury of time. I respectfully encourage adoption of the TCI-P Model Rule now to ensure durable, sustained, and necessary reductions in GHG pollution. Thank you.
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5/7/2021 |
Fred |
Lavy |
none |
Harrisonburg |
Virginia |
It is especially important to curtail or eliminate the use of highly polluting diesel fuel. It is especially important to curtail or eliminate the use of highly polluting diesel fuel. |
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5/7/2021 |
Ken |
Barter |
Retired |
Haymarket |
Virginia |
Very important to invest in cleaner, more equitable and resilient transportation system NOW. Very important to invest in cleaner, more equitable and resilient transportation system NOW. |
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5/7/2021 |
Faith |
Harris |
Virginia Interfaith Power & Light |
Richmond |
Virginia |
VAIPL calls for the TCI-P Model Rule to include (1) a minimum investment amount to ensure overburdened and underserved communities in Virginia receive a greater-then-proportional share of... read more VAIPL calls for the TCI-P Model Rule to include (1) a minimum investment amount to ensure overburdened and underserved communities in Virginia receive a greater-then-proportional share of investments from the program, (2) integration of air quality commitments across Virginia, and (3) robust empowerment of Virginia's Equity Advisory Body."
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5/7/2021 |
Leigh |
Eicehr |
Individual |
Henrico |
Virginia |
I call for the TCI-P Model Rule to include:
(1) a minimum investment amount to ensure overburdened and underserved communities in Virginia receive a greater-then-proportional share of... read more I call for the TCI-P Model Rule to include:
(1) a minimum investment amount to ensure overburdened and underserved communities in Virginia receive a greater-then-proportional share of investments from the program,
(2) integration of air quality commitments across Virginia, and
(3) robust empowerment of Virginia's Equity Advisory Body. |
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5/7/2021 |
Leonard |
Scharf |
NTRA |
Williamsburg |
Virginia |
I call for the TCI-P Model Rule to include (1) a minimum investment amount to ensure overburdened and under served communities in Virginia receive a greater-then-proportional share of investments... read more I call for the TCI-P Model Rule to include (1) a minimum investment amount to ensure overburdened and under served communities in Virginia receive a greater-then-proportional share of investments from the program, (2) integration of air quality commitments across Virginia, and (3) robust empowerment of Virginia's Equity Advisory Body." |
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5/7/2021 |
Phyllis |
Cox |
VAIPL |
Greenville |
Virginia |
Rural areas continue to lack funding for transportation and the county in which I live, Augusta, is a prime example. Rural areas continue to lack funding for transportation and the county in which I live, Augusta, is a prime example. |
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5/7/2021 |
Thomas |
DeWeerd |
self |
Maidens |
Virginia |
I support the Transportation & Climate Initiative (TCI) and the collaborative effort to put a brake on carbon emissions while investing in cleaner, more equitable and resilient transportation... read more I support the Transportation & Climate Initiative (TCI) and the collaborative effort to put a brake on carbon emissions while investing in cleaner, more equitable and resilient transportation systems. Please recored my support. |
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5/7/2021 |
Donelle |
Sawyer |
VA League of Conservation Voters |
Vienna |
Virginia |
Emissions, from a wide variety of vehicles which account for nearly half of Virginia's carbon output, are a huge driver of climate change, while also emitting toxic air pollution that falls... read more Emissions, from a wide variety of vehicles which account for nearly half of Virginia's carbon output, are a huge driver of climate change, while also emitting toxic air pollution that falls disproportionately on low-income populations and communities of color.
The Transportation and Climate Initiative Program (TCI-P) is a positive and welcome step forward to addressing this major source of pollution. The program will spur needed investments in a modern, sustainable transportation system. These investments could put more electric vehicles on the road in Virginia along with equitably distributed charging infrastructure across the state.
The TCI-P also presents the opportunity to direct investments in a cleaner transportation system in the communities that have suffered the most from vehicle pollution. While the model rule calls for at least 35 percent of TCI proceeds to go toward frontline, impacted communities, here in Virginia I would hope we go above and beyond that benchmark to at least 50% of TCI revenue in programs and infrastructure that will lower this disproportionate pollution burden.
It is my hope, as well as my plea, that this important framework moves forward for the good of our climate, our health and our future.
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5/7/2021 |
Marcia |
Keener |
Environmental Policy Consultant, Keener Consulting |
Fredericksburg |
Virginia |
I urgently believe that the Transportation and Climate Initiative Program (TCI-P) is necessary to address our key regional sources of pollution. With each governance innovation, we must better... read more I urgently believe that the Transportation and Climate Initiative Program (TCI-P) is necessary to address our key regional sources of pollution. With each governance innovation, we must better steer our public and private investments to creating an efficient, better, truly sustainable transportation systems.
As our region's transportation emissions are a huge contributor in our changing climate, we can address nearly one-half of Virginia’s carbon output. We need environmental justice principles embodied in strategies that address toxic air pollution that falls disproportionately on low-income or politically disconnected populations.
We must use the funding provided by the TCI-P to help with ongoing efforts to put more electric vehicles and infrastructure in play in Virginia along with equitably distributed charging stations across the state.
We must target a higher attainable goal, beyond the model rule - for at least 35 percent of TCI proceeds going toward frontline, impacted communities. The TCI-P can drive investments in a cleaner transportation system in the populations and communities that have suffered the most from vehicle pollution. Let's invest at least half of our TCI revenue in programs and infrastructure that will truly lower the disproportionate pollution burdens on our people.
Thank you for soliciting and analyzing these comments and engaging the public on this critical measure. We must meet the moment for our collective health and future.
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5/7/2021 |
Becky |
Daiss |
self |
Arlington |
Virginia |
I am writing in strong support of the TCI-P as a much needed collaborative effort to put a brake on carbon emissions while investing in cleaner, more equitable and resilient transportation systems... read more I am writing in strong support of the TCI-P as a much needed collaborative effort to put a brake on carbon emissions while investing in cleaner, more equitable and resilient transportation systems. I am also writing to stand against fossil fuel interests that are quite predictably lining up to oppose this first-of-its-kind initiative because they don’t want to be held accountable for the pollution from the fuel they sell. We must finally hold the line against the environmental destruction that the fossil fuel industry has wrought. Virginia has made great strides in supporting renewable energy, protecting clean air and cutting pollution in the process.
TCI ensures that these efforts don’t stop at the state-line, that we’re working collaboratively with our neighbors to the north and south to address climate change while making investments that cut pollution, protect public health, safeguard vulnerable communities, and advance a modern, sustainable transportation system. This is a must do. |
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