Instituting a cap-and-trade pollution system is not, in fact, “a good place to start” when it comes to fighting climate change (Jan. 9 editorial, “Attacking Climate Change”). In fact, it’s a total dead end. Such programs — where polluters pay for credits to keep spewing harmful emissions — cannot dramatically reduce emissions in the next decade, which is what scientists warn us is necessary to avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis.

California’s cap-and-trade scheme should not be a model for Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania needs real climate leadership to push a Green New Deal that moves our state to 100 percent clean renewable energy by 2035 and creates thousands of good-paying jobs in solar, wind and energy efficiency.

Megan McDonough
Elizabeth

First Published: January 20, 2019, 5:00 a.m.