MORNING SENTINEL • October 3, 2024
The news about Hurricane Helene with its record rainfalls and winds underscores once again the increasing effects of warming oceans on storm strength and destructiveness. The oceans would not be warming were it not for human impacts on the atmosphere. Yet, according to Project 2025, the conservative playbook for a next administration, our big problem is the “climate change alarm industry.” So far, 29 municipal governments have passed endorsements encouraging Congress and the president to enact a federal carbon pricing policy that will motivate a shift in the economy away from fossil fuels and their pollution. If enough towns do this, perhaps we can actually motivate Sens. King and Collins and Reps. Golden and Pingree to take action to save our future prosperity. ~ Cynthia Stancioff, Camden