Testimony: Support clean air and end fossil fuel subsidies

My name is Angela Georgens, an undergraduate student at UC Davis as well as an intern with Environment California, the statewide environmental group that works for clean air and a healthy future for all.

Please restore California’s clean air safety net. The proposed funding delay, in reality, is a 600 million dollar cut from our clean air programs, including those promoting clean cars, trucks and buses.

California has the worst air pollution in the country, and tailpipe pollution is the top contributor to this pressing issue.

We support ending oil and gas subsidies. In tough budget times, the last thing we should be doing is subsidizing oil companies, when they are making record profits and polluting our environment.

As a young person born and raised in Encinitas, California, I urge you to find more ways to protect our health, the environment, and the future. Clean energy and climate programs are investments we make for our kids and grandkids. If you cut now, young people like myself, as well as California’s future generations, pay more later––not just in terms of money but also in costs to our health and our environment. Thank you.