Letter: Carbon pricing would lower greenhouse gas emissions

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • December 21, 2020

Your Dec. 6 editorial correctly stated that “there is no low-cost option when it comes to climate change.” Many changes are needed. Some will be costly. Sen. Angus King says it will take federal action to encourage domestic and international emissions reductions. To make the greatest reduction in national emissions, and to incentivize international action the answer is cash-back carbon pricing. That’s the advice of 3,589 U.S. economists, the World Bank and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. ~ Peter Garrett, Winslow