MORNING SENTINEL • April 30, 2021
On April 20, the Waterville City Council approved a resolution asking Congress to support a carbon cash-back bill, which charges a fee for fossil fuels at the well or mine, and returns all that money to every American citizen in the form of a monthly dividend check. This is not income distribution. This fee is a pollution penalty based on how much fossil fuels we choose to use, to pay for the true, hidden cost of fossil fuels, including the cost of the resulting greenhouse gases and the terribly expensive weather catastrophes they cause. If we want this effective approach, we have to tell our federal representatives to support it. ~ Richard Thomas, Waterville