Virginia Gov. Can’t Remove State From Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Judge Rules

A judge found the Air Pollution Control Board acted unlawfully when it voted to withdraw the state from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
Virginia Gov. Can’t Remove State From Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Judge Rules
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks at the 2024 Road to Majority Conference in Washington on June 22, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration cannot withdraw from a multistate initiative designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions without gaining approval from the state Legislature, a judge ruled Monday.

Judge C. Randall Lowe issued the ruling in Floyd County after finding Virginia’s Air Pollution Control Board acted unlawfully when it voted last year to withdraw the state from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).
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