Want To Donate To U.N.? Bill Calls for Climate-Change Option on Massachusetts Tax Returns

Massachusetts tax returns ought to give residents a way to donate money to the United Nations to encourage third-world countries to fight climate change, environmental activists told state legislators.

The measure (Massachusetts Senate Bill 1602 and Massachusetts House Bill 2414) would establish a "Massachusetts Fund for Vulnerable Countries Most Affected by Climate Change … to further the mission of the United Nations Least Developed Countries Fund, … established by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to help under-developed nations adapt to climate change," according to the text of the bills.