Climate is 'urgent matter'
Climate change is the defining issue of our time.
Twenty-three
million people across the globe participated in the People's Climate
March, including over 300,000 in New York City, showing that this is
anything but a fringe issue. Pete Moe's Valley Voices on
Sept. 24 laid to rest any lingering concerns that this is just a liberal
issue -- the military and prominent Republicans agree this is an urgent
matter of national and international security.
Many solutions
have been proposed, though none with all the benefits of the
revenue-neutral fee and dividend proposal by the Citizens' Climate
Lobby. In case you think that this is a fringe or liberal solution, look
no further than the oil companies -- ExxonMobil's website states that
they "believe a well-designed, revenue-neutral carbon tax program
provides a more cost-effective alternative to a cap-and-trade regime for
reducing GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions" and "this approach ensures a
uniform and predictable cost of carbon, lets market prices drive
solutions ... promotes global participation, and is easily adjusted to
future developments in climate science and policy impacts."
A
solution supported by oil companies, environmentalists, Republicans and
Democrats? This is a proposal well worth our consideration.
Loren Alving
Fresno
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