Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Cry Wolf Quotes
[RGGI is] nothing more than a tax on electricity, a tax on our residents and on businesses with no discernible effect on our environment.
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Chris Christie (R), governor of New Jersey.
RGGI drives up energy costs for consumers at a time when nobody can afford any additional taxes.
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New Jersey State Senator Diane Allen (R-Burlington).
Everybody agrees that carbon limits will force up electricity prices steadily far into the future. The disagreement is over how much the costs will go up….That is unnerving for Massachusetts, which now has the nation's highest electric power bills. However, the bigger impact could be on the cost to industries that threatens the loss of jobs.
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From “Ungreening Mitt Romney”, by Robert Novak.
The state of New Jersey is suffering. Jobs are being lost everyday.
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New Jersey Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose, sponsor of anti-RGGI legislation.
