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Citizens Climate Lobby urges Cumberland to support carbon-fee resolution; council tables vote for more review
Summary
Don Parent of Citizens Climate Lobby presented a request for the council to adopt a resolution supporting carbon-fee-and-dividend (carbon cashback); councilors asked for more time and information before deciding.
CUMBERLAND, Maine — Don Parent, a Cumberland resident and volunteer with Citizens Climate Lobby, asked the Cumberland Town Council on Monday to adopt a resolution supporting a national carbon-fee-and-dividend policy commonly described by advocates as "carbon cashback."
Parent described the group as a bipartisan, nonprofit organization focused on national climate policy and said the proposed mechanism would charge a fee on fossil-fuel carbon and return nearly all revenue to American…
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