Pennsylvania lawmakers are considering a budget deal that would eliminate the state’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) — without any replacement plan to cut emissions, protect consumers, or create clean energy jobs.
RGGI is the single most effective tool to achieve Governor Shapiro’s goals: addressing climate change, creating and protecting energy jobs, and maintaining reliable and affordable power.
Environmental and clean energy groups have long supported RGGI and have even been open to alternatives like significantly increasing our clean energy standards and a PA-specific carbon cap and invest program, if they can actually deliver similar results. But walking away from RGGI with nothing in its place is a total giveaway that leaves Pennsylvania without any plan to hold down energy costs or reduce pollution.
If the Governor and the legislature trade RGGI for a larger state budget, this leaves the Commonwealth with no meaningful climate or clean energy policy.
Governor Shapiro has said, “Doing nothing at this moment is not an option.” Eliminating RGGI is worse than doing nothing.
Tell your PA legislators: Oppose any budget deal that ends RGGI without a real replacement!
