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The Benefits of RGGI Are Clear

The fact of the matter is that RGGI has been an economic boon to the region, as a new report by the independent Analysis Group shows.
New Jersey and RGGI: Politics Obscures the Right Policy

New Jersey and RGGI: Politics Obscures the Right Policy

Personality outdid policy Governor Chris Christie announced his intention to withdraw New Jersey from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (“RGGI”). The news coverage focused on politics instead of policy, leaving untold one simple truth: RGGI works, and has been a resounding success.

NH State Senate Votes to Preserve RGGI

Today the New Hampshire state Senate voted to remain in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), the multi-state cap-and-trade program. This is a big win for clean energy advocates.

RGGI benefits all Granite Staters

As a small-business owner and long-time Republican, I'm perplexed when I hear the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) -- once a GOP free-market bragging point -- vilified as a Democrat tax-and-spend wealth redistribution plan. In the recent vote to withdraw New Hampshire from RGGI, leadership of the House Science and Technology committee called it a...