Climate Change Initiative Would Raise Costs Without Environmental Benefits, Critics Say
If Pennsylvania joins a multistate climate change agreement that restricts carbon dioxide emissions, energy prices will increase and jobs will be lost in response to new regulatory burdens that won’t produce any environmental or health benefits, according to public policy analysts who took part in virtual public hearings earlier this month.
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, also known as RGGI, is a “cap and trade” agreement among 10 New England and Mid-Atlantic states that requires power plants to purchase permits to emit CO2.
The participating states set a regional cap on the amount of emissions that is permissible. But power plants can purchase and trade emissions allowances during quarterly auctions.
Pennsylvania opts out of carbon-cutting pact for cars, for now
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AUGUSTA Waldo County state representatives have been named to several of the Legislature’s policy committees for the upcoming session, according to a news release.
Rep. Scott Cuddy, D-Winterport, will serve on the Labor and Housing Committee and the Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee.
The Labor and Housing Committee oversees policy related to workers’ rights, organized labor, work and safety standards, housing safety and access to affordable housing.
“Throughout the course of the COVID-19 crisis we have seen glaring problems and inequities in our unemployment system and in our ability to reliably and affordably house Mainers across the state. I am eager to get to work with my colleagues on the Labor and Housing Committee to start addressing some of these issues,” said Cuddy. “It s also an honor to have been appointed to the Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology. Many of our communities are already being impacted by climate change. We must make our ut
SPRING TWP., Pa. â The Wilson School Board is clearly satisfied with the performance of its superintendent, as the board voted 9-0 Monday night to appoint Richard H. Faidley to another three-year term.
After accepting the resignation of Faidley as superintendent under his 2017 agreement, the board approved a new agreement to reappoint him, effective July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2023.
Faidley s base compensation will be $197,124.20. Beginning July 1, 2021, for each year of the agreement, he will be eligible for an adjustment to his salary, not to exceed 3% plus a discretionary merit increase as determined by the board.
Also beginning July 1, 2021, for each year of the agreement, the district shall make a contribution in the amount of $4,000 to the Arizona State Retirement System. Prior to his service in several school districts in Pennsylvania, Faidley was an administrator in three school districts in Arizona.
The demolition of four Leland Street homes abandoned after they were polluted by defunct hazardous-waste management company General Chemical began Monday.
The blighted homes have stood for years as a painful reminder of the devastation wrought on the Southside neighborhood by cancer-causing contaminants that spread underground from General Chemical, which spilled, leaked and possibly dumped the dangerous chemicals it handled on its Leland Street property for decades.
When the contamination reached the houses, located downhill from General Chemical, residents were forced to move out. Since then, the vacant homes have steadily decayed. Windows were smashed. Trash accumulated. Brambles grew up around the homes foundations.
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