PA AG Shapiro Signs Off on RGGI Carbon Tax…After Criticizing It

Back in October Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, who is running for the Democrat nomination for governor in 2022, told trade union workers he didn't like current Democrat Gov. Tom Wolf's plan to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a huge tax on carbon dioxide assessed on coal and gas-fired power plants (see PA’s Shapiro Outright Lies About Position on RGGI Carbon Tax. We told you then that Shapiro was lying through his teeth to union workers. We were, of course, right. Yesterday Shapiro signed off on the legality of Wolf's illegal plan to push RGGI through without state legislative approval.

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