TIMES RECORD • February 17, 2021
Climate scientists predict what Katharine Hayhoe calls global weirding (aka climate change, global warming). As the average temperatures at the poles get warmer, the jet stream, which usually holds back the frigid polar vortex, weakens and lets the cold air escape further south than it used to go. Connect the dots: global warming is impacting Americans today. Luckily we can still do something to stop global warming from getting worse: lower greenhouse gas emissions. The Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act would place a steadily increasing fee on fossil fuels and return all the revenue to American households on an equal basis as a monthly dividend. ~ Dodie Jones, Brunswick