Polluters should pay
“Polluters pay; people get a carbon cashback” sums up the impact that the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act would have. The EICDA was reintroduced in the House of Representatives last September and is currently languishing in committees.
Briefly, the EICDA puts a price on carbon at the source of the fossil fuels ... therefore making it simple to administer and uniform across sources of greenhouse gases. It would take the revenue from the price on carbon and distribute it to every individual in the country, each adult getting a full share and each child getting a half share.
Putting a price on carbon would create incentives for a major shift to the use of clean energy throughout the economy. Energy generators and businesses will innovate to save money and be competitive. Thousands of economists support a price on carbon as being the most effective and efficient way to bring down harmful emissions, and in a way that boosts the economy.
In spite of broad support from U.S. citizens and such groups as the American Petroleum Industry, this law wasn’t carried further in the last Congress.
The EICDA is the single most effective tool we have for eliminating greenhouse gas emissions and preserving our environment for our children. If you would like to learn more about the EICDA, visit the Citizens’ Climate Lobby website or search online for EICDA. Please consider urging your congressional representatives to support the EICDA H.R. 5744. The CCL website (community.citizensclimate.org) has tools that make this easy to do.
Margaret Davis
Moscow
Celebrate rescues
It’s time for the first Idaho Animal Rescue Network dinner.
I am excited to invite the community to partake in a night of celebration for the previous years’ worth of rescuing. Come out and enjoy meeting the volunteers involved and the impacted stories of animals in our community.
This event is 5 p.m. April 13 at the Holiday Inn, 709 Port Drive, Clarkston. Tickets are $50 apiece and will go fast. Call ahead to get your tickets: (208) 790-9867.
I can’t wait to see everyone there. And thank you for supporting the Idaho Animal Rescue Network.
Erin Woods
Lewiston
