An article in the March 27 Tribune tells about Sen. Mike Lee mocking the Green New Deal.
The Green New Deal is a liberal plan put forth by Democrats to tackle climate change. If Lee and other Republicans don’t like the Green New Deal, they should back another plan for reducing CO2 emissions.
Right now, there is a bipartisan climate change act in Congress called the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act. The act calls for a fee on carbon emissions. Having a fee on carbon would promote innovation in ways of producing fossil fuel energy and would promote conservation. The fees collected would be returned to the American people in the form of a monthly dividend. The act includes a fee on goods imported from countries that don’t already have a carbon fee so our country’s goods will still be competitive.
For the sake of future generations, I hope this act is something that both Democrats and Republicans will agree on.
Russell Patterson, West Valley City