PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • June 14, 2022
While the new infrastructure law invests in critical minerals, mining and recycling research, thereby bolstering clean energy technologies. The single best way to usher in this transition is to put a price on carbon. Pricing carbon would hold fossil fuel producers accountable by charging a fee on every ton of climate-changing CO2 they produce. These efforts to bolster Maine’s economy and our environmental outlook would be seriously accelerated by pricing carbon too. Senator Collins and Senator King should be applauded for their work on infrastructure. ~ Kevin C. Hughes, Cumberland