To the editor:
The Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2019 is a bipartisan bill in Congress that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent in twelve years and 90 percent in thirty while helping the poor and growing our economy without raising taxes. It uses the Carbon Fee and Dividend with Border Carbon Adjustments approach to address climate change, so it corrects the fundamental problem at the scale required and has a global reach. The bill has sixty cosponsors, but many more are needed.
We can each help get this legislation passed by sending a Congress a simple email or making a few quick calls, and Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) makes it easy. To send an email, go to cclusa.org/write and enter your contact information. Your Representative and two Senators will be identified and a suggested message body created for you. Just hit the submit button and you are done!
Calling Congress is nearly as easy and more personal. Go to cclusa.org/call and enter your contact information. The page will provide the phone numbers for your three Congressional members with a sample script that you can read. When you call, you’ll either reach a friendly person who will listen politely, or a voicemail recording. Either way, just read the script! Then check the “Called” button after each call so CCL counts it for reporting purposes. This is easy, but you’ll feel better the rest of the day for having done it!
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This bill will send a powerful price signal that will drive the innovation and individual energy decisions of every business, government, and seven billion people as needed to address the problem at the scale required. This is the beneficial approach almost every economist agrees is the least-cost, most effective, and most equitable. Please add your voice now, and consider joining the CCL mailing list to learn more: cclusa.org/join/. Thank you!
John Gage
Windham