State Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra urged an appellate court to throw out a carbon offset plan that would pave the way for auto-centric housing developments.
The stakes are rising in a legal battle over whether San Diego County will be able to approve thousands of new housing units in wildfire-prone areas far from urban job centers using carbon offsets.
The state’s pledge to cut greenhouse gases 40% over the next decade relies heavily on getting people out of their cars by forcing new development into urban neighborhoods served by clean-running transit. Nearly 30% of the state’s emissions come from personal automobiles. Carbon offsets can be bought through online storefronts known as registries that fund everything from land conservation to sustainable agricultural and logging practices. In exchange for payments, purchasers claim the emissions reductions as their own.
The five-member county Board of Supervisors voted 3 to 2 to appeal the decision, with Supervisors Dianne Jacob and Nathan Fletcher in opposition. SANDAG Executive Director Hasan Ikhrata said the agency will need to make dramatic investments in a new rail system and potentially institute widespread tolling on highways to meet the mandate.
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