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Post Session Report :: Monday, June 14, 2021

Post Session Report :: Monday, June 14, 2021
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Senate committee advances bill requiring legislative approval of RGGI involvement

Pennsylvania Business Report Senate committee advances bill requiring legislative approval of RGGI involvement © Shutterstock The Senate Environmental Resources & Energy (ERE) Committee advanced legislation this week that would require legislative approval of Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposal to enter Pennsylvania into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Senate Bill 119, introduced by Sen. Joe Pittman (R-41), creates the Pennsylvania Carbon Dioxide Cap and Trade Authorization Act, which prohibits the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) from joining RGGI or any similar agreement without approval from the state Legislature. “A carbon tax is a major energy and fiscal policy initiative, and if such a tax is to be imposed on Pennsylvania employers, we believe it should be approved by the General Assembly. Beyond the fiscal impact on Pennsylvania manufacturers, coal and gas electric generation, consumers, and future economic investments made in our state, it also creat

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GOP Is playing hardball over RGGI | News, Sports, Jobs

jwhittaker@post-journal.com Senate Republicans are playing hardball with Gov. Tom Wolf over the governor’s support of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. The Senate Republican Caucus sent a letter to Wolf last week saying Republicans will block all nominations to the state Public Utility Commission until Wolf pulls his unilateral decision to have Pennsylvania join RGGI and work with the Legislature, according to Senator Joe Pittman, who has spearheaded efforts of Legislative involvement in RGGI. All 27 members of the Senate Republican Caucus signed the letter. “We have made it clear over the past 19 months that this is about the balance of powers in Pennsylvania,” Pittman said. “One of the key components of RGGI is a tax on carbon emissions. That in and of itself would destroy thousands of family-sustaining jobs across the Commonwealth.

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