Virginia Has No Reason to Rejoin RGGI

Virginia Has No Reason to Rejoin RGGI

In announcing plans to have Virginia reinstitute a carbon tax, Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger makes no mention of global warming – the bogeyman usually called upon by supporters of such levies. That may be because the apocalyptic narrative that industrial emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) threaten to overheat the planet has become widely seen as bogus – perhaps not fitting for a newly elected chief executive.

Virginia Has No Climate Crisis—So Why Revive A Carbon Tax?

RGGI failed to deliver climate benefits while raising the state's electricity costs. Virginia Democrats now want the tax reinstated.