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Feb 17, 2021 4:38 AM
Pennsylvania’s Independent Regulatory Review Commission yesterday called for a one-year moratorium on the implementation of Governor Tom Wolf’s order for the state to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, and questioned whether the governor has the right to unilaterally join the compact without the approval of the state legislature.
A joint news release by Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee chair Gene Yaw and vice chair Joe Pittman outlines the IRRC’s nine-page comment document, which asks the DEP’s Environmental Quality Board to delay the RGGI implementation by a year, directs it to provide details on Wolf’s unilateral decision, and explain point-by-point how it was empowered to develop the regulation despite the rejection of RGGI by the Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee, the Citizens Advisory Council, and the Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee.
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Gov. Tom Wolf speaks at a campaign rally for Pennsylvania candidates in Philadelphia, Friday, Sept. 21, 2018.
HARRISBURG State Senate Republicans are continuing their fight against Gov. Tom Wolf’s attempt to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
In a party-line vote, the state Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, chaired by Sen. Gene Yaw, R-Bradford/Lycoming/Sullivan/Susquehanna/Union, sent a letter to the state’s Independent Regulatory Review Commission urging its review of concerns expressed by numerous commentators, including those from organized labor leaders, business leaders and elected officials over the past year who have weighed in against the “CO2 Budget Trading Program,” proposed regulation – #7-559 (IRRC #3274).
Indiana, PA WCCS AM1160 & 101.1FM
Feb 4, 2021 12:35 PM
Opposition continues to build against Governor Tom Wolf’s plan for Pennsylvania to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, also known as RGGI.
State Senator Joe Pittman announced that the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee on Wednesday approved a letter to the Independent Regulatory Review Commission formally opposing the move. The IRRC is an independent agency of the state responsible for the review of regulations from nearly all state agencies, boards and commissions before they are put into effect.
On Wednesday, Pittman, who serves as the vice-chairman of the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, voiced his objections to RGGI, saying that the regulations would ruin the local economy. He also once again asked Governor Wolf to come to his district to explain how the initiative would be effective in his district.
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