Letter: Will Rocky Mountain Power voluntarily pay the social cost of burning coal?

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“Let’s require Rocky Mountain Power to pay for a small part of their harm,” writes Jan in Los Angeles. “My bet is that they will switch to clean energy and avoid the fees.”

Let’s require Rocky Mountain Power to pay for a small part of their harm.using free market forces and attach a per ton “pollution fee” , using passage of the Energy Innovation Act in Congress.

Putting a gradually rising “pollution fee” on carbon at the mine would raise the cost of energy, passed through to each American. To correct for these costs, the Act returns all pollution fees to Americans with monthly checks, amounting to hundreds of dollars per year. Studies show putting money back in American pockets would counter higher energy costs and create innovation along with millions of jobs. We would hit our Paris Accord goals while eliminating consumer pushback by protecting the poor and the middle class with the rebate.

The Natural Resouces Defense Council estimates the health penalties from fossil fuel pollution and exponential increases in $1 billion-plus climate change disasters exceed $800 billion per year! Let’s require Rocky Mountain Power to pay for a small part of their harm. My bet is that they will switch to clean energy and avoid the fees.Letter: What’s sustainable about a wetland ripped apart and replaced by warehouses? The port authority should enlighten us.

 

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