D.C. Region Alert: Court rules against Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s effort to remove Virginia from carbon cap-and-trade market, a victory for environmentalists
A judge ruled that Youngkin overstepped his authority in acting to remove Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, an interstate carbon market. Youngkin said the cost was too high for consumers; advocates said the carbon auction proceeds helped consumers. Youngkin plans to appeal, according to a spokesman.
On Wednesday, Circuit Judge C. Randall Lowe of Floyd County ruled that governors and their agencies “may only do that which is permitted by statute. … As such, the only body with the authority to repeal the RGGI Regulation would be the General Assembly.”
Therefore, Lowe wrote, the court “finds that the attempted repeal of the RGGI Regulation is unlawful, and thereby null and void.”
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