Letter: It’s time to act on climate change

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • February 14, 2026

Climate change concerns me greatly, yet it appears to have been put on the back burner. LD 2037 supports the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). RGGI supports decreasing the greenhouse gasses that add to global warming. LD 1870 would support some financial incentives for people to lower their carbon emissions. I believe these bills need support from everyone. My husband and I gave up buying toys, going out to dinner regularly, going to shows, and forfeited many vacations so that we could run our house with solar. Many of us could do this, and yes, like us, it means giving up something. Giving up something before we have famine, before fire burns us down, before rain floods us out, and before wind destroys our everything; before rebuilding becomes impossible. It is time to act and put our dreams aside for now. ~ Ann Pedreschi, Holden