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Letter: Editor's pick: Have we blown our chance on climate – or not? (2)

Published 2 January 2019

From Mini Grey, Oxford, UK

I would add lobbying for a meaningful price on carbon as another powerful individual action to deal with climate change. Taxation is never popular. But returning money from a fee on carbon at source to all citizens through a monthly or yearly dividend could be a clearly fair and planet-changing policy.

Issue no. 3211 published 5 January 2019

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