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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3/30/23  9:09 pm
Commenter: Ryan Nichols

Virginia Should Leave RGGI
 
Virginia Should Leave RGGI

Analysis of climate change and its alleged impact on Virginia finds the following to be true and supported by voluminous governmental and peer-reviewed studies concerning the Commonwealth: 

  • There is no unusual or unprecedented warming. 
  • Heat waves have been declining. 
  • Severe weather is not increasing. 
  • Crop and forest growth are increasing. 
  • Droughts are in decline. 
  • There is no increase in hurricanes. 
  • Complete elimination of carbon dioxide emissions within Virginia will have an impact that is so close to zero that it is meaningless. 

In short, there is no climate crisis and any attempts to eliminate CO2 via regulation or taxation are simply “solutions in search of a problem.” Because there is no problem, there is no need for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative or a carbon tax, and Virginia should leave RGGI immediately. Do not allow RGGI to continue to deprive Virginians of reliable and affordable energy.

Read the full report, entitled Virginia and Climate Change, here: https://co2coalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Virginia-and-Climate-Change.pdf

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