Leaders Must Act on Climate Goals
Fresno Bee - September 17, 2023
Thank you for printing the letter (The Bee, Sept. 2) calling on Republicans to discuss a plan for addressing climate change.
I watched the presidential debate and couldn’t believe how the candidates barely answered the student who said that young Republicans are intensely concerned about climate change.
I admire local congressman David Valadao, a Republican from Hanford, for stepping forward to support some bipartisan legislation to try to address air quality and climate chaos. My member of Congress, Democrat Jim Costa, has also shown bipartisan leadership in this area. The higher intensity fires and storms all over the country affect us all. We need strategies to lower greenhouse gases to be supported across the political spectrum.
Climate smart agriculture, good forest management, planting urban trees and supporting electrification can create good jobs and clean up our air. If we charge oil, coal and gas companies a gradually rising fee to make up for the costs of fossil fuel pollution, we can return that fee to households as a “carbon cashback” . This would be easy to implement without growing the size of government. It would inspire investment in clean energy and would assist low- and middle-income households to meet their needs.
Andrea De Zubiria, Fresno
https://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article279312334.html#storylink=cpy
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