PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • March 6, 2024
For my lifetime, capping global warming at 1.5˚C was the goal. I’m 20 now, and we’ve passed it. What does that mean for our future? I don’t know, but I’m scared. And I do know that we have the opportunity now to make things better, and we need to act on it. While an overwhelming number of policies will be necessary to combat climate change, carbon fee and dividend is the single most effective policy the U.S. could enact to reduce carbon pollution. Please take two minutes to help save our future by asking Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins to support carbon fee and dividend legislation, and thanking Congresswoman Chellie Pingree for her support. ~ Katharine Gage, Bowdoin College sophomore