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I am a member of several environmental organizations but haven't been much of an activist. This is changing. I support legislation for a carbon tax for Vermont now being introduced ,and this is a letter I submitted to Free Press editors:
Do you like loons? Do you like Hemlock trees? The Audubon Society says that the Common Loon is one of 314 North American birds threatened by Global Warming. The Wooly Aldegid insect threatens to kill all our Hemlocks because it can survive in warmer winters.
Do you want to pay for damage done by extreme weather events that will become more common due to Global Warming? Super-storm Irene cost us $250 million in damages to state highways. We can’t allow trends like this to continue. See http://www.anr.state.vt.us/anr/climatechange/irenebythenumbers.htmlhttp://www.anr.state.vt.us/anr/climatechange/irenebythenumbers.html
These are only examples, and you can do something about it. A coalition of environmental groups, such as VPIRG, Sierra Club, and 350VT, is promoting a Carbon Pollution Tax in the state of Vermont. A top notch public policy study organization, Regional Economic Models, Inc., shows that such a tax would be effective and benefit Vermonters economically.
Be a good citizen and learn more! Check out www.energyindependentvermont.org<http://www.energyindependentvermont.org>
Newt Garland
Fairfax
