A carbon tax can help win the battle against climate change | Letters
Hereâs what readers are saying in Thursdayâs letters to the editor.
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Have we lost the battle on climate? | March 30
John Crispâs column is too pessimistic. Although individual actions like his cannot change the trend, the battle to stop climate change is far from lost. Whatâs needed is the correct economic framework to motivate change on a societal level. This can be done if fossil fuels bear the cost of their damage to the climate. A policy which adds the price of carbon to fossil fuels provides a pocketbook incentive to businesses and people to use smaller amounts of carbon fuels. This will encourage innovation. Funds collected by placing a price on carbon would then be rebated to all citizens equally. This would protect low and moderate income Americans from rising fuel costs during the period of transition to clean energy.