Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Environmental Quality
 
Board
Air Pollution Control Board
 
chapter
Regulation for Emissions Trading [9 VAC 5 ‑ 140]
Action Repeal CO 2 Budget Trading Program as required by Executive Order 9 (Revision A22)
Stage Proposed
Comment Period Ended on 3/31/2023
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3/6/23  1:59 pm
Commenter: Scott E. Daniels, PhD

Remove Virginia From The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
 

I write in support of Governor Youngkin’s plan to withdraw from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).  I resist ideological categories that that only proponents of the RGGI wish to promote clear air and a safe environment. Despite lower emissions in Virginia, RGGI has not and will not lower CO2 in the atmosphere.  Virginia generators and other industrial energy users were already moving away from coal and natural gas.  So called “green” policies have not accelerated that trend. It is time to move in a different direction. 

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