Posts Tagged RGGI

Judge rules Youngkin can’t pull Virginia out of RGGI

A judge in Floyd County has ruled that Governor Glenn Youngkin’s effort to pull the state out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative – or RGGI – was unlawful. Roxy Todd reports.

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Plaintiffs argue case in RGGI lawsuit

A case involving the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative was debated in court Monday. Virginia’s Air Pollution Board voted to pull out of the program last June. As Roxy Todd reports, plaintiffs argued the move inflicted economic harm to conservation groups that help low-income residents weatherize their homes.

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Virginia Democrats celebrate environmental wins, say they’ll still fight to stay in RGGI

Delegate Michael Feggans, Majority Leader Charniele Herring, Delegates Alfonso Lopez, Debra Gardner and Rip Sullivan at a press conference at the General Assembly Building. (Credit: Brad Kutner / Radio IQ)

Virginia first entered the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in 2020, and it’s added over $800 million dollars to state efforts to combat climate change.

While Governor Glenn Youngkin has tried to pull the state out of the agreement, Democrats said Tuesday they managed to still achieve some environmental wins despite RGGI cuts. Brad Kutner has more from Richmond. 

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Compromise budget doesn’t include RGGI provisions

In this 2022 photo, demonstrators in Richmond rallied to support RGGI. (Credit: Appalachian Voices)

Lawmakers came back to Richmond Monday for a special session to approve a budget. And as Michael Pope tells us, the compromise does not include money for an environmental priority of the Democrats.

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Effort to rejoin RGGI survives House debate

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI, is a multistate partnership that has seen hundreds of millions of dollars returned to Virginia.

Governor Glenn Youngkin has called it a burdensome tax and tried to remove the state from the agreement. But a budget amendment that would force Virginia to rejoin survived debate on the House floor Thursday. Brad Kutner has more from Richmond. 

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The future of RGGI in Virginia

By the end of this calendar year, a court may determine if Virginia will remain a member of a multi-state environmental compact. Michael Pope reports.

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Governor Youngkin and the exit strategy from multistate pacts

Virginia’s governor is working to remove the Commonwealth from multistate organizations. Michael Pope reports. 

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Pope & Schapiro: A busy week in environmental news and another shooting in Richmond

It’s been a busy week for environmental-related news in Virginia – with the state’s Air Pollution Control Board voting to remove the Commonwealth from a regional greenhouse gas program.

Michael Pope and Jeff Schapiro, political columnist at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, recap the week in politics and state government.

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Air Pollution Control Board to vote on withdrawing from RGGI

Virginia’s governor hopes to fulfill a campaign promise.  Glenn Youngkin claimed joining with ten other states in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative was costing consumers’ money, and we should get out. 

On Wednesday, the state’s Air Pollution Control Board will vote on that, as Sandy Hausman reports.

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The debate over Virginia’s place in RGGI could end in court

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Virginia is currently part of a cap and trade program to reduce carbon emissions. But the governor and new members of the Air Board are hoping to get Virginia out of the initiative.  Michael Pope has more.

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Buchanan County flooding reignites debate over Virginia’s RGGI membership

Recent flooding in Southwest Virginia is reopening debate about Virginia’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Michael Pope reports.

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State Republicans working to pull Virginia out of RGGI

Republicans now in control of the House of Delegates want to roll back much of the environmental legislation approved by Democrats when they were in power. But, as Michael Pope reports, they’re going to hit a blue wall in the Senate.

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Economics could keep Virginia in RGGI

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Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin has announced that he will undo part of Virginia’s Clean Energy Act – pulling us out of an 11-state partnership designed to lower pollution from coal and gas-burning power plants. Environmentalists may challenge his right to do that, and as Sandy Hausman reports, there’s an economic argument that could keep the Commonwealth from leaving the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

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Virginia Set to Lower Carbon Emissions

StateSeal00Virginia regulators have made environmental history Friday, making the Commonwealth the first southern state to take drastic moves to lower carbon emissions by joining a regional cap and trade program. Mallory Noe-Payne reports.

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