“I SAY THE DEBATE IS OVER! “

AB 32AB 32““GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTIONS ACT OF 2006”

BY 2020, 30% REDUCTION TO 1990 LEVELSBY 2050, 80% REDUCTION TO 1990 LEVELS

2004 Total Ag GHG Emissions in 2004 Total Ag GHG Emissions in CACA

(MMTCO2E)

Manure Management

(6.9)

Enteric Fermentation

(7)

Rice Cultivation

(0.6)

Energy Use/ Fuel

Combustion (4.9)

Ag Residue Burning (0.08)

Ag Soil Management

(8.3)

1990 Baseline Emissions: 23.4 MMTCO2E (5% of Statewide total)

2004 Baseline Emissions: 27.9 MMTCO2E (6% of Statewide total)

2020 Preliminary Forecasted Emissions: 31.9 MMTCO2E

AB 32 Advisory CommitteesMarket - create market-based compliance mechanisms for reducing GHG emissions

Environmental Justice - reduce GHG emissions while maximizing the overall societal, economic, environmental, and public health benefits

Economic Technology Advancement - activities that will facilitate investment in and implementation of technological research and development opportunities that will assist in GHG emission reductions

Economic and Allocation – evaluate different allowance allocation strategies and how to structure a cap-and-trade system that will reduce GHG emissions

Potential Agriculture Potential Agriculture StrategiesStrategies

Livestock emissions

Energy (biomass/biofuels/renewable energy)

Efficiency improvements

Land use/sequestration

Research

Livestock EmissionsLivestock Emissions

Reduction of GHG emissions from livestock operations

Potential Approaches

Manure Management- methane digesters

Enteric Fermentation-feeding additives

Production and use of renewable fuels in place of fossil fuels

Potential Approaches

Agricultural waste stream utilization

Bio-fuel crops

Renewable energy (solar, wind)

EnergyEnergy

Reduce GHG emissions through more efficient agricultural practices

Potential Approaches Crop Management

Water Management

Pump Efficiency and Electrification

Conservation Tillage

Fertilizer Use Efficiency

Efficiency ImprovementsEfficiency Improvements

ResearchResearch

Explore improved agricultural practices and their impacts

Potential Approaches

Life Cycle Analysis

Best Practice Protocols

Fertilizer N2O Emissions

Campaign to Defeat the Dirty Energy Proposition

Passage would effectively repeal Assembly Bill 32 (clean energy and air pollution reduction law)

Claim that it’s simply a “suspension” is deceptive and untrue

“Suspend until unemployment reaches 5.5% for full year”

Unemployment only at that arbitrarily low point 3 times in last 3 decades

SAVE A MILLION JOBS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

AB 32 = A Million Lost Jobs, Billions in Higher Energy and Other Costs

Won’t Make a Difference in Global Warming