Letter: Bold climate action requires carbon pricing

MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • March 10, 2024

We all need to join forces and compel Congress to take bold climate action, all of which should start with putting a price on carbon pollution. There’s a brilliant policy for doing this swiftly, equitably and effectively by shifting the economy off polluting fuels and onto green alternatives. It is referred to as “cash-back carbon pricing,” and entails fees charged to fossil fuel producers for the CO2 generated in burning the fuels; collecting all fees and returning them equally to every American household monthly. This economic maneuver would swiftly reduce demand for, and thus burning of, fossil fuels. ~ Cynthia Stancioff, Camden