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Opinion: Carbon tax is the best solution to climate change

The fee could be used to send a monthly check to all U.S. households

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Smoke and steam rise from a coal processing plant in Hejin in central China’s Shanxi Province.

Smoke and steam rise from a coal processing plant in Hejin in central China’s Shanxi Province on Nov. 28, 2019.

Olivia Zhang, Associated Press

The August issue of Forbes says “Climate change is an all-hands-on-deck crisis,” and, “Carbon taxes are considered the most effective economy-wide policy tool for greenhouse gas emission reductions.”

Forbes said the fee would be good for the economy if the revenues collected were used to send a monthly check to U.S. households. The article promotes the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (HR 2307). Forbes is a leading business information magazine and its promotion of a carbon tax is evidence that a carbon fee is the best solution to climate change,

Russell Patterson

West Valley City