PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • September 20, 2021
Now that so many Americans are experiencing these disasters because of climate change, we need to demand that our legislators deal with this crisis. President Biden is trying to do that with his reconciliation bill, which contains plans to slow down climate change. We need 51 senators to pass this, but Sen. Joe Manchin says that we cannot afford to spend the $3.5 trillion. Actually, we cannot afford to not do this. In the first six months of this year, there have been eight weather-climate disasters that have each cost more than $1 billion. Please ask Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins to support the reconciliation bill and to also advocate for a price on carbon. The time to act is now. ~ Nancy Hasenfus, M.D., Brunswick