MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • October 31, 2021
Greg Kesich writes that, while less meat eating and flying less help reduce carbon emissions, the greatest need is for systemic change. Most economists believe a carbon fee on fossil fuel producers, coupled with a “carbon dividend” rebated to all Americans, may be even more effective than the proposed government mandates at the center of the Biden plan. It is not too late to contact President Biden and our members of Congress and ask that the plan include a price on carbon. ~ Paul Perkins, Bath