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Mere carbon pricing will do little to prevent climate catastrophe Updated February 4, 2021, 7:15 a.m. Email to a Friend Icebergs near Ilulissat, Greenland.NurPhoto/Photographer: NurPhoto/NurPhoto In her Jan. 26 letter, “Instead of untried interventions, simply put a price on carbon,” Meg Haight writes that carbon pricing is the most important action to take to solve the climate crisis. She couldn’t be more misguided. Scientists are coming to agreement that even immediate and total cessation of CO2 emissions cannot prevent climate catastrophe. The huge amount of CO2 already in t...

In heat of the moment, bid to geoengineer climate crisis away raises questions Updated January 26, 2021, 2:30 a.m. Email to a Friend Instead of untried interventions, simply put a price on carbon The saying ”A stitch in time saves nine” came to mind while reading David Abel’s article about solar geoengineering (”As earth warms faster, scientists think boldly,” Page A1, Jan. 18). Thirty years ago we knew carbon emissions were causing a crisis. Since then, about half of the carbon dioxide in our atmosphere was emitted. Had we reduced fossil fuels more then, we’d ha...