Letters: Our planet is our only home. We need to cut carbon emissions.

The Aug. 1 Tribune article “Sticky air and hotter nights” discusses the effects of climate change on the Midwest. A big part of reducing the greenhouse gasses that cause climate change is reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. There is now considerable support for carbon pricing, whereby fees are charged for CO2 emitted by certain sources of carbon pollution, such as power plants, cement factories, and producers and importers of fuels, including crude oil, natural gas and coal. Carbon pricing is a market-based solution that lets carbon polluters decide whether and...