Opinion: U.S. Senate should pass climate solutions bill

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • December 7, 2020

Nationally, more than 450,000 clean energy workers are still out of work since the beginning of the pandemic, including almost 2,000 clean energy workers in Maine. The Growing Climate Solutions Act – bipartisan legislation recently introduced in Congress – is one important piece of the legislative puzzle necessary to help right the clean energy economy. Sen. Collins should consider throwing her support behind this bill, to incentivize farmers and foresters to cut carbon emissions by removing barriers for them to participate in carbon-credit markets. ~ K.C. Hughes, Cumberland