The Denver Post

Bipartisan effort to clear the air

- Re: Steve Rasnic Tem,

I’ve been encouraged by the coverage The Post and other papers have been giving to our efforts to fix climate change. Then in Wednesday’s paper I found this buried on page 20: “U.S. emissions spiked in 2018, resulting in ‘lost momentum’.”

We’re still moving in the wrong direction, and with everything else happening in the news it’s easy to lose focus on that grim fact. I understand: Climate change is big and complicate­d and we often feel helpless against it. But for our children’s sake we can’t afford to give up.

During the last congressio­nal session, the bipartisan Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2018 was cosponsore­d by two Republican­s and three Democrats. It is likely to be reintroduc­ed in 2019.

I hope everyone will contact their local senators and representa­tives and let them know this legislatio­n is a high priority. Time is running out.

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