Letter: Don’t let funds slip away, adopt carbon cashback
I agree with the Feb. 9 editorial “Tap various wells for climate fee” (Star-Advertiser, Our View). There is a good source of funding that the Legislature has yet to implement — carbon cashback. If only the Legislature had passed an amended version of carbon cashback in 2022 that gave 20% of the funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Such action would have resulted in revenues of around $200 million dollars over the 2023 to 2025 time frame.
Unfortunately, the Legislature chose once again to kill the carbon cashback policy. Let’s urge the Legislature to not let another three years and $200 million dollars slip by, and instead pass carbon cashback in the 2026 legislative session.
Paul Bernstein
Aina Haina
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