Harrisburg GOP, union leaders celebrate the end of Pa. greenhouse gas program

Harrisburg GOP, union leaders celebrate the end of Pa. greenhouse gas program

Harrisburg Republicans and energy-sector workers are taking a post-budget victory lap, celebrating Pennsylvania’s withdrawal from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Meanwhile, those who supported the initiative say that abandoning it means the future of the state’s climate policy is now uncertain.

PA Promises to Keep the Lights on for Its Neighbors Post-RGGI - Marcellus Drilling News

Last week, the Pennsylvania legislature drove the final nail in the coffin of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) carbon tax in the state (see VICTORY! PA Budget Deal Kills RGGI Carbon Tax for Good). Dumping RGGI frees up a growing list of gas-fired power plants to begin construction in the Keystone State. In a...