MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • January 21, 2024
We can no longer think of “climate change” as a distant danger to us, like when the sun runs out of hydrogen and dies in 2 billion years. It’s happening now. I’m in favor of the Legislature being in charge of authorizing and enforcing car standards that meet the federal Clean Air Act. Roughly 50% of Maine’s carbon dioxide emissions come from “transportation.” We’ve got to figure out ways to reduce that. I absolutely want more electric vehicles on the road, and we need more infrastructure to make that happen. I’m concerned that the Maine GOP isn’t interested in helping. I’m worried that rather than taking the issue of emission elimination seriously and balancing the needs of our economy and the needs of the environment, they’ll just yell about it to win votes on the campaign trail. ~ Victoria Hugo-Vidal