[CINC] Support for Vessel Speed Reduction Initiative

Mon Apr 22 15:29:59 PDT 2013

It's not too late to help protect the whales in the SB Channel. It will
just take ONE minute. Please join EDC and partners, the  Channel Islands
National Marine
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 and Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control
District<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001xyzMDe5riBcKQHxT19Kroo8uJeyYwH9DYFPoWp08ZDRwKKxrj6JgY2KBN5SHK3KaqpQt5tHYi1_DUB-2-LoCUjmxjzFHUXeVF73NuH-YhcC235fM-1_O2E5PipAjioeUScVcIgCXtd9aVvVZiGd1Tk7lj9UFRyBU6XTFYqatec0huWuAvtd539EUBvfXedy3eAbVf1o-HQR8qKsjD_430gdg2PpoD4k6cR-NAS9AqsLJ3pMYulBQTeFZ6naiMi16qKUcQMlNyWRjcgHMdDMp3Cyhe5pprfK2d3rS2_vkW1c=>,
in requesting the addition of our Vessel Speed Reduction
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 (which is missing from the Draft Plan) to the agencies' Final Plan.

http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs126/1101987027219/archive/1113129295245.html

Decision makers in Sacramento have an opportunity right now to help reduce
the number of whales struck by passing cargo ships and at the same time
make a positive climate impact and improve air quality* - but they need to
hear from you now!*

For years EDC and our partners have been making the case that simply
slowing down cargo ships in the Santa Barbara Channel would achieve many
positive benefits for people and for our environment. This simple step by
itself would reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and other air
pollutants, improve public health, and better protect whales.  *We need
your voice today* in asking State Agencies to use newly available
California Cap-and-Trade funds to create an incentive program that would
slow down cargo ships.

There is a Draft Investment Plan being considered now that misses an
important opportunity to include this life saving effort for whales - but
it is not too late if we act now. Please join EDC and our partners,
the  Channel
Islands National Marine
Sanctuary<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001xyzMDe5riBerPOHsWgPTfnXdZYcRFR-A5SMmjO9HmDqd5Imo-vsziepYNcq-M51-nRL_VLr4NRILGWQOXd12oSsERzsg0qKa8c3UlE7NY5Ry8K4Nlc4TuO0PIhy5ZbxzTQvaVTY9aXz3KKjehd5ni2IqHv66kAHJk9UfM4fQGWSAyZlRcGSJSKX0aOvEF5B5xrZBKKfnuAb7o6jpYu5ERgDPsraGoAWqCXa9RCoSs6iM1XxzFrLHgE_Edfu7abcR_hYsQhkCPCExR2IK1Qp4mQ==>
 and Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control
District<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001xyzMDe5riBcKQHxT19Kroo8uJeyYwH9DYFPoWp08ZDRwKKxrj6JgY2KBN5SHK3KaqpQt5tHYi1_DUB-2-LoCUjmxjzFHUXeVF73NuH-YhcC235fM-1_O2E5PipAjioeUScVcIgCXtd9aVvVZiGd1Tk7lj9UFRyBU6XTFYqatec0huWuAvtd539EUBvfXedy3eAbVf1o-HQR8qKsjD_430gdg2PpoD4k6cR-NAS9AqsLJ3pMYulBQTeFZ6naiMi16qKUcQMlNyWRjcgHMdDMp3Cyhe5pprfK2d3rS2_vkW1c=>,
in requesting the addition of our Vessel Speed Reduction
Initiative<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001xyzMDe5riBefH7iHW7o0NXER1YbvQdechZReh9hdZ-6PHI4LjJfkFM_4FlNGGVDomNxaXDw9H_4Ee9-EbJUHsEcCvSp_zH__I7_S5TTkdVv_gDtA1rqo2FoMTNuKZ_F8x8vRnXzs9HFaMRYMvhxGz3JogPl8c6_FwqgeVbIo5UoeyrKs0Q9frvhmGol9UENDkbGF72TaHzk=>
(which
is missing from the Draft Plan) to the agencies' Final Plan.

*WE NEED YOUR HELP WITH 2 SIMPLE ACTIONS:*

   1. *Before 12 noon, next Wednesday April 24, 2013* send a message of
   support for the Vessel Speed Reduction Initiative to California Agencies at
   this link.

Copy and paste the following message into your comments:

*Subject Line:* Support for Vessel Speed Reduction Initiative

Dear Ms. Nichols and California Air Pollution Control District Board
Members:

Large cargo ships traveling off our coast produce significant GHG and toxic
air emissions that impact our coastal communities. Ship strikes also pose a
threat to whales. Slowing down cargo ships meets multiple objectives in
your Draft Cap-and-Trade Investment Plan including: reducing GHG emissions
and other air pollutants, improving public health, and better protecting
whales. I support including vessel speed reduction in your Final Plan as a
priority for funding and request Cap-and-Trade money be directed to the
Vessel Speed Reduction Initiative.
* *
*2. Strengthen our voice by also sending us a copy of your message to:*
edc at environmentaldefensecenter.org. <edc at environmentaldefensecenter.org> Our
goal is to collect 50 letters of support by next Wednesday.
* *

Thanks for taking action to protect whales, to protect our clean air and to
help make a difference in combating climate change.

Kristi Birney

Marine Conservation Analyst, EDC

P.S. Please consider forwarding this email to your network. The whales need
all the help they can get!

-- 
Shauna Bingham
NOAA's Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
113 Harbor Way, Suite 150
Santa Barbara, CA 93109
805-884-1460
805-568-1582 (fax)
Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov
http://channelislands.noaa.gov/

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