Get paid while solving climate change…

To address climate change, we must dramatically reduce the burning of fossil fuels, drawdown legacy carbon, and prepare for its inevitable consequences.

When the tub is overflowing, you first turn off the spigot.

An effective way to cut emissions is to introduce a progressively increasing price on carbon (yes, you can call it a tax on carbon pollution). When paired with dividends (revenue returned to individuals and households), the policy becomes progressive and just - it allows households, particularly low - middle income, to adapt to the expected increase in prices for high carbon intensity products. (They can even come up ahead if they shift to lower carbon options or find ways to reduce energy use.)

Local Citizens' Climate Lobby leaders, Paul Bernstein and Noel Morin, recently joined Howard Wiig on Think Tech Hawaii's Code Green to explain carbon fee and dividend. They explained the role of CO2 in global warming, the various global carbon pricing strategies, and the mechanics of the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act.