Bob Allen: Endorsing a price on carbon pollution

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Bob Allen, the president of Green Mountain College.
Several months ago President Trump made the ill-conceived decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement. In doing so, the president argued that he was protecting the American economy. In reality, his actions will keep our economy stuck in the polluting energy system of the past. We all know the future must be different. As the leader of an institution committed to environmenta