To the Editor:
Re “The Case for a Carbon Tax” (editorial, June 7):
A national fee on carbon assessed at the point of extraction is the most powerful, nonregulatory way to demonstrate that fossil fuel energy is no longer a good investment, not for oil companies or for human beings. Returning all of the revenues to American households will create jobs, reduce deaths from emissions and put money back into the pockets of two-thirds of American households, through a carbon fees trust fund.
Recent polls by Yale and Stanford show that almost twice as many Americans support a carbon fee and dividend as oppose it. Once again, the American public is showing that it is more forward-thinking than its elected leaders.
Over the next few months President Obama and Congress are in a position to transform the global energy economy and stabilize our planet by promoting a revenue-neutral carbon tax, at home and at the United Nations climate talks in Paris in December.
MARY SELKIRK
Berkeley, Calif.
The writer is a volunteer with the Citizens Climate Lobby.
