PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • August 24, 2021
The Press Herald recently ran a front-page article headlined “ ‘Maine isn’t supposed to be so hot’ ” (Aug. 13). I was glad to see the article, but there was no mention that this is the result of global warming. We need to recognize that Maine is getting progressively warmer and if we have droughts, like last summer and this spring, we may be seeing forest fires in Maine like those in the West. Tell Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King and Reps. Jared Golden and Chellie Pingree you want a price on carbon so that our effective capitalist system will be motivated to quickly figure out how to change to renewables. Then tell them you want the carbon fee to be returned to you in a monthly check (dividend). ~ Nancy Hasenfus, Brunswick