MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • June 27, 2021
Thank you for your June 14 article “‘Exceptional’ rainstorm heavily damages carriage roads at Acadia National Park.” You clearly articulate the effects of the storm, and your graphics are very helpful in visualizing the blow that this represents to Acadia. The cause of the damage – an exceptional amount of water dumped exceptionally quickly – bears the fingerprints of climate change. We can take action in a way that adds jobs and puts money in our pockets. Rep. Chellie Pingree has signed on to this “carbon fee and dividend” legislation, HR 2307. Let’s thank her and ask Rep. Jared Golden, Sen. Angus King and Sen. Susan Collins to support it, too. Addressing climate change while creating jobs and putting money in our pockets – now, that’s exceptional! ~ Ted Obbard, Southwest Harbor