Local environmental group joins challenge to Virginia's withdrawal from carbon-reducing initiative

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Local environmental group joins challenge to Virginia’s withdrawal from carbon-reducing initiative

Angela Woolsey Today at 3:00pm

Several environmental groups, including one based in Fairfax County, have joined forces to challenge Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s decision to pull Virginia out of a cross-state initiative aimed at reducing carbon emissions.

The Southern Environmental Law Center announced on Monday (July 31) that it will appeal Virginia’s planned withdrawal from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a market of 12 states on the East Coast that regulates carbon emissions from power generators.

The appeal will be filed in Fairfax County Circuit Court on behalf of Appalachian Voices, the Association of Energy Conservation Professionals, Virginia Interfaith Power and Light and the Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions (FACS), a Fairfax County-focused coalition of religious communities pushing for action to address climate change.

The notice of appeal was served on the same day that the proposal to drop out of the RGGI was published in the Virginia Register, opening a period of public comments until the regulation takes effect on Aug. 30.

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Pending the legal action, Virginia will leave the RGGI when its three-year contract ends Dec. 31.

[Midnight Writer]

1. Republicans sure like to pollute, don't they?