TIMES RECORD • December 26, 2020
Climate change will increasingly complicate regional conflicts around the world and will cause unprecedented security issues for our children and grandchildren. Scientists are clear: We need to act. Economists note that putting a price on carbon is the most useful first step we can make. There’s a plan to do this (carbon cash back) that doesn’t grow the government and makes almost all Mainers better off. Maine is the only state to have both our senators in the Climate Solutions Caucus. It is crucial that Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King hear that many of us in Maine do listen to the science, and we need them to act. ~ Edward Pontius, M.D., Portland