In a recent editorial, “Big climate job left for Biden: Kill Big Oil subsidies”, the Star-Ledger courageously called for an end to federal subsidies for the oil and natural gas industry. These taxpayer-funded payments continue not because of any economic need or societal benefit, but because the fossil fuel industry has excessive political influence. Ending the subsidies will be difficult. A complementary approach to cut climate-disrupting pollution would be to impose fees on carbon-containing fuels. This would quickly create financial incentives for companies and individuals to pollute less. …