Letter: Congress must act on carbon pricing

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • May 9, 2022

The most recent IPCC report’s conclusion is that there is something we can do. It is not too late. But urgency is required, with a rapid phase-out of fossil fuels. Political will is missing in this country and around the world. Many climate policies are necessary to reduce CO2 emissions. One, advocated hundreds of times in IPCC’s report, stands out as key to success. It is to put a price on carbon pollution, (like paying, via property taxes, to have our garbage taken away weekly). Pricing carbon pollution has proved successful in reducing emissions in Canada and the European Union. What’s missing now is for people to urge Congress to take it on. ~ Peter Garrett, Winslow