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Tom Wolf’s plan for the state to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI, faces a major RGGI is designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by creating a cap-and-trade program for the state It was always likely that RGGI, in one way or another, would be settled in the courtroom, not in the The process of joining RGGI has been met with opposition from the very beginning. the governor’s method of joining RGGI.

state legislature to block Pennsylvania’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI approval to final rulemaking for the CO2 Budget Trading Program, which would allow Pennsylvania to join RGGI If an override attempt fails the state can join the RGGI, however Republican legislative leaders have RGGI is an initiative of 11 New England and Mid-Atlantic states to cap and reduce their power sector Pennsylvania’s participation in RGGI is estimated to bring in about $300 million in the first year.

The decision to join RGGI has been controversial across party lines, with arguments weighing the environmental As RGGI sets a cap on carbon emissions from power plants, fuels with higher emissions profiles, like Tom Wolf’s office has stated that joining RGGI will generate upward of $300 million in revenue for the of three other states that have gone through similar experiences, the report ultimately argues that RGGI The help mentioned is primarily through investment of RGGI revenue.

Pennsylvania has also joined the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a program that limits carbon

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