Winning in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Exits Climate Scheme

The CO₂ Coalition's efforts in Pennsylvania to repeal the economically crippling Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) have finally paid off. The state’s pending participation in this interstate carbon tax was k illed this week as part of budget negotiations in Harrisburg.

We have testified multiple times before both the Pennsylvania House and the Senate and spoken to multiple organizations concerning this harmful climate pact, providing the facts about the benefits of modest warming and more CO₂ in the Keystone State.

The former chairman of a Pennsylvania House environmental and energy committee, Daryl Metcalfe, had this to say about our efforts:

"I was thrilled to hear that RGGI has finally been defeated in Pennsylvania. During our battle over the years against this flawed policy that was going to harm our citizens, the CO₂ Coalition was a great ally in the fight. I thank them for their continued work to protect our citizens and our economy from flawed policies that seek to reduce our ability to utilize our God-given resources to produce energy."

Pennsylvania’s Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Relies on Faulty Data

Why RGGI is a “solution in search of a problem

Our 2022 publication, "Pennsylvania’s Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Relies on Faulty Data," refuted misinformation about supposed climatic effects promoted by those seeking to impose RGGI’s carbon tax on citizens. The report concluded:

In short, the administration’s economic and environmental justifications for entering RGGI are invalid and its claims of environmental and economic benefits are fiction. RGGI is a purported solution in search of a problem. Even if there were a problem — which there isn’t — RGGI’s theoretical effects on the environment would be too small to measure, much less solve it.