BANGOR DAILY NEWS • February 5, 2021
The most effective way to address the climate emergency: “clamping a hard ceiling on the total fossil carbon we let into the nation’s economy and ratchet it down year by year.” This approach has long engendered criticism by powerful business lobbies like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. However, two weeks ago, the chamber shifted its positionby telling the Washington Examiner it “supports a market-based approach to accelerate greenhouse gas emissions reductions across the U.S. economy.” An official with the chamber stated that carbon pricing is precisely such a market-based approach. Mainers can save money while saving the planet with sensible environmental legislation. ~ Bernie Baker, Belfast