RGGI – CFACT

Court derails Keystone State’s membership in RGGI

The court found the DEP did not have the constitutional authority to collect revenue from Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative auctions, and only the legislature can levy taxes.

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Bonner Cohen, Ph. D.

|2023-11-06T08:53:17-05:00November 6th, 2023|Comments Off

Greens sue to keep Virginia in RGGI

Governor Youngkin called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative a "regressive tax."

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Bonner Cohen, Ph. D.

|2023-08-29T09:50:53-04:00August 30th, 2023|Comments Off

Virginia one step closer to withdrawing from RGGI

Governor Glenn Youngkin’s pledge to remove Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) was approved June 7 by the state’s Air Pollution Control Board.

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Bonner Cohen, Ph. D.

|2023-06-13T09:54:56-04:00June 14th, 2023|Comments Off

Clear the air and help Virginia escape the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

The RGGI strangles economies, impoverishes households, pushes energy prices through the roof, carries a massive environmental footprint, all while making no meaningful change to the temperature of the Earth.

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Craig Rucker

|2023-03-07T12:57:57-05:00March 7th, 2023|Comments Off

Judge throws monkey wrench into Gov. Wolf’s rush into RGGI

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s (D) ploy to circumvent the Legislature and force the Keystone State to become a member of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) suffered a setback July 8, when a judge issued a temporary injunction against the move.

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Bonner Cohen, Ph. D.

|2022-07-26T17:00:47-04:00July 23rd, 2022|Comments Off

Virginia hunting, energy bills that survived crossover in General Assembly

Here are the bills that survived and died in crossover in the Virginia General Assembly. And where Andrew Wheeler's nomination stands. Tune in here.

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Gabriella Hoffman

|2022-02-24T15:26:23-05:00February 24th, 2022|Comments Off

Radical environmentalists call Andrew Wheeler, Youngkin’s pick for Natural Resources Secretary, an ‘extremist

Andrew Wheeler, former Trump EPA chief, was nominated by Governor-elect Youngkin to serve as the next Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources. Radical environmentalists called him an "extremist" following the announcement.

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Gabriella Hoffman

|2022-01-05T22:04:11-05:00January 6th, 2022|Comments Off

Exiting RGGI is a win for Virginia producers and consumers

“RGGI describes itself as a regional market for carbon, but it is really a carbon tax that is fully passed on to ratepayers. It’s a bad deal for Virginians. It’s a bad deal for Virginia businesses,” Youngkin said.

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Gabriella Hoffman

|2022-01-04T11:59:42-05:00January 5th, 2022|Comments Off

Why Governor-elect Youngkin is right to pull Virginia out of RGGI

“RGGI describes itself as a regional market for carbon, but it is really a carbon tax that is fully passed on to ratepayers. It’s a bad deal for Virginians. It’s a bad deal for Virginia businesses. I promised to lower the cost of living in Virginia and this is just the beginning.” — Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Younkin In Episode 235 of District of Conservation, Gabriella discusses two news stories for listeners. One regarding incoming Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin announcing his intent to withdraw the Commonwealth from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), the other about Biden's EPA revoking the Trump-era Navigable [...]

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Gabriella Hoffman

|2021-12-13T14:13:02-05:00December 13th, 2021|Comments Off

Pennsylvania faces RGGI reality

Pennsylvania is in a tug of war over electricity production.

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CFACT Ed, Mark Mathis

|2020-02-12T14:50:31-05:00February 15th, 2020|Comments Off

Northeast states’ greenhouse gas scheme a disaster

Claims at Capitol Hill hearing that the "Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative" boost the economy ignore new research.

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Adam Houser

|2018-05-17T21:39:51-04:00May 17th, 2018|Comments Off