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Let’s talk about today’s issues

Letter below was submitted to the Bernardsville News on February 13, 2022 and published on February 18.   Editor: Let’s talk about today’s issues “How about we talk about today’s issues?” These words led the last paragraph of a letter here … Continue reading

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Carbon fees, dividend, will help climate best

Letter below was submitted to the Star Ledger on 03-14-21, published on line on 03-15-21 with the title above, and in the print edition on 03-15-21. In a letter on March 12 Gary Stewart closed with the recommendation that Congress … Continue reading

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Fix the Filibuster

Letter below was sent to Senator Bob Menendez and to Senator Cory Booker on 03-10-21.  It was submitted and published in the Bernardsville News on 03-11-21. Dear Senator … Passage of the Virus Relief Bill was a great accomplishment.  I … Continue reading

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What is Carbon Fee and Dividend ???

Letter below was submitted to the Star Ledger on 03-08-21 Editor: Thank you for the excellent editorial by Tom Moran on March 7.  He outlined present efforts in Congress to enact badly needed climate legislation, with focus on work of … Continue reading

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Ocean City is Getting Wetter / Sea Level Rise

Letter below was submitted to the Star Ledger on 03-02-21.  The Rutgers report cited in the letter is here:  STAP_20191204_Sea Level Rise Editor: You published a very interesting article on March 1 on how Ocean City is getting wetter.  A … Continue reading

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Top Down or Bottom Up ???

Letter below was submitted to the Bernardsville News on 02-19-21.  It was published on line on 02-22-21, and in the print edition on 02-25-21,  with the title “Strong climate legislation needed to ReEnergize America” and with some small differences. Editor: … Continue reading

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With Nature There Can Be No Compromise

Letter below was submitted to the Bernardsville News on 01-24-21.  It was published on line on 01-26-21 and in the print edition on 01-28-21. Editor: The elections are over and the winners are in their places. Our NJ Congressional delegation … Continue reading

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Investments in the Electric Grid Proposed by JCP&L

Concerns about global warming and the associated problems of climate change, sea level rise, and ocean acidification lead to conclusion that we must stop burning fossil fuels and producing CO2 that goes into the atmosphere (where it functions as a … Continue reading

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Abandon Carbon Pricing ???

Letter below is to Jessica Green, Associate Professor of Political  Science at the University of Toronto.  She wrote an article in September 2019 titled “It’s Time to Abandon Carbon Pricing.”  The article suggests that she knew nothing about CCL’s proposal … Continue reading

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LTE: Expand use of carbon prices

The letter below was submitted to The Economist on May 30. Bill Allen    06-07-20 In your May 23 article “The world urgently needs to expand its use of carbon prices”  the writer described several past and present proposals for doing … Continue reading

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