Posts Tagged RGGI
Pope & Schapiro: A busy week in environmental news and another shooting in Richmond
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on June 9, 2023
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.
Air Pollution Control Board to vote on withdrawing from RGGI
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on June 6, 2023
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.
The debate over Virginia’s place in RGGI could end in court
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on September 7, 2022
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.
Buchanan County flooding reignites debate over Virginia’s RGGI membership
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on July 27, 2022
Recent flooding in Southwest Virginia is reopening debate about Virginia’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Michael Pope reports.
State Republicans working to pull Virginia out of RGGI
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on February 10, 2022
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.
Economics could keep Virginia in RGGI
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on December 30, 2021
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.
Virginia Set to Lower Carbon Emissions
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on April 19, 2019
Virginia 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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