BANGOR DAILY NEWS • June 18, 2021
While climate change may be viewed by some as a single-party issue, the reality is quite different. More than half of Maine’s Republicans are in favor of climate action, and among young GOP voters generally, support for environmental solutions exceeds 80 percent. The conservative solution we’ve focused on is the Baker-Shultz Carbon Dividends Plan: the free-market approach to curbing carbon emissions, and the most fair and effective tool in our country’s arsenal when it comes to protecting our environment. Rather than letting government bureaucrats pick winners and losers, the plan utilizes market incentives and gives businesses, big and small, the freedom to make their own decisions. Protecting Maine’s natural beauty means so much to me and the rest of Maine’s young conservatives. Politically, leading on climate is a generational opportunity for the GOP to win back young voters by solving one of their most important issues. It is our way of preserving “the way life should be.” ~ Cody Porter, chair, Maine College Republicans