Remember RGGI? were an unconstitutional tax and entered an order finally barring Pennsylvania’s participation in the RGGI to the cost of administering the RGGI program, and thus that RGGI imposed a tax rather than a license that Pennsylvania’s Constitution requires that any tax be enacted by the General Assembly; because RGGI unconstitutional: Stated simply, to pass constitutional muster, the Commonwealth’s participation in RGGI

The saga of Pennsylvania’s quest to enter the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative – or RGGI – has yet First, some quick background before we get into the nitty-gritty: RGGI is a multistate cap-and-trade Under RGGI, those power plants must purchase emissions credits in order to emit carbon dioxide and the Here’s what’s going on: The regulations that would implement RGGI in Pennsylvania were subjected to legal preliminary injunction that prevents Pennsylvania from implementing, administering, or enforcing the RGGI

Remember the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gas emissions For those who need a refresher: Pennsylvania has attempted to join RGGI, a subject that we blogged about Press reports that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is hearing oral arguments on the rule implementing RGGI

Following the recommendations of the Governor’s RGGI Working Group, which brought together labor leaders environmental advocates, and industry to evaluate the merits of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI If passed, PACER would take Pennsylvania out of RGGI and give the Commonwealth control over its own energy raising these targets for a diverse range of energy sources Editor’s Note: GASP has been following the RGGI You can read more about RGGI and the legal challenges that it’s faced here.

RGGI is a cap-and-trade program for gas emissions from large electric generating units. “Opposition to the RGGI regulation is generally based on the notions that the regulation will drive up

By now, you’ve probably heard about the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a cap-and-trade program full Pennsylvania Senate passed a Senate Concurrent Regulatory Review Resolution that disapproves the RGGI Opposition to the RGGI regulation is generally based on the notions that: The regulation will drive up Despite the opposition of the General Assembly, RGGI has had an overwhelming amount of public support #RegulatoryReviewAct #airpollution #RegionalGreenhouseGasInitiative #RGGI #SenJoePittman #airquality

pin in Pennsylvania’s opportunity to enter the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (otherwise known as RGGI would have disabled the commonwealth’s opportunity to enter the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI RGGI is a solution that would stimulate the economy to the tune of $2 billion​ while reducing harmful With power generation being one of the largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, joining RGGI Participating in RGGI would help toward achieving these goals.

Pennsylvania’s participation in RGGI would establish a program to limit CO2 emissions from fossil fuel-fired Pennsylvania has the fifth leading CO2 emitting electricity generation sector in the United States, and RGGI RGGI is a “cap and invest” program that sets a regulatory limit on CO2 emissions from fossil fuel-fired RGGI provides a ”two-prong” approach to reducing CO2 emissions from fossil fuel-fired EGUs. GASP submitted comments in support of RGGI and is hopeful it will be finally adopted.

Pennsylvania’s road to entering the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) was a rocky one. We break down everything you need to know about RGGI in a previous post, but in a nutshell: Beginning #RegionalGreenhouseGasInitiative #RGGI #CarbonDioxideemissions #emissions #DEP

of Pennsylvania’s journey to bring the Keystone State into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI state Attorney General’s Office approved the “form and legality” of the regulations that will implement RGGI approval occurred despite Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s earlier expressed reservations regarding RGGI “Yet, despite the Attorney General’s Office’s reported approval of the RGGI regulations, the regulations #RegionalGreenhouseGasInitiative #RGGI