BANGOR DAILY NEWS • November 12, 2020
Maine’s Climate Action Plan will be designed to radically reduce our carbon dioxide emissions over the next few decades. However, unless President-elect Joe Biden and Congress take similar action for the nation, and unless such action is quickly extended worldwide, we can expect more deadly news from across the U.S. and around the world, about wildfires, floods, droughts, storms, and rising sea levels affecting coastal communities everywhere, including Maine. Fortunately, there is already a bill in Congress, the bipartisan Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, that incorporates a market-based solution to climate change as advocated by 3,589 U.S. economists. ~ Peter Garrett, Maine state coordinator of the Citizens Climate Lobby