PITTSBURGH — On November 1, a Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled against Pennsylvania joining a Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a program that limits climate-warming carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. Much has been written about the estimated $1 billion in revenue that Pennsylvania has missed out on by delaying its entry into RGGI. “Pennsylvania is missing out on both these health benefits, and also the economic savings from avoidance of these cases, which can be very costly,” Frederica Perrera, a professor of environmental health sciences at Columbia University, told Environmental Health News (EHN). Credit: Kristina Marusic for Environmental Health NewsAsthma clinic in Clairton, Pa. Research also shows that RGGI has actually lowered energy bills for consumers in RGGI states.

Source: The Guardian November 13, 2023 10:42 UTC