PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • January 2, 2023
The news is mixed. The Inflation Reduction Act offers incentives to weatherize and/or insulate our homes, and switch to greener, cheaper energy at home and in our vehicles. However, our country’s slow permitting process could stop the Inflation Reduction Act from building the green energy infrastructure that we’ll need. We could end up burning more coal to meet our increased electricity demand! And getting to net zero emissions is not enough. We should be forever grateful to Sen. Susan Collins for proposing research on how to safely scale up approaches like this: Carbon Removal and Emissions Storage Technologies Act (CREST Act, S.4420). ~ Richard Thomas, Waterville