Virginia to Withdraw from Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Drawing Ire of Chesapeake Bay Conservationists
ACCOMACK CO., Va. - Governor Glenn Youngkin is praising the State's Air Pollution Control Board for voting to withdraw from the Regional Greenhouse...
ACCOMACK CO., Va. - Governor Glenn Youngkin is praising the State's Air Pollution Control Board for voting to withdraw from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) yesterday. The RGGI is a multi-state cooperative effort to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from power plants within the participating states. Virginia was one of twelve states part of the Initiative. '[Wednesday's] commonsense decision by the Air Board to repeal RGGI protects Virginians from the failed program that is not only a regressive tax on families and businesses across the Commonwealth, but also does nothing to reduce pollution,' said Governor Youngkin.