Youngkin Says He has Power to Remove Va. from RGGI Carbon Tax

Last December, Virginia’s newly-elected governor, Glenn Youngkin, said that as soon as he took office, he would use his executive power to withdraw Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (see VA’s New Republican Gov Pledges to Cancel RGGI Carbon Tax). RGGI is nothing more than an obscene, very expensive carbon tax. However, after taking office, Virginia’s leftist Attorney General told Youngkin the law does not permit the governor to use an executive order to undo a legislative action (see Va. Gov. Youngkin Can’t Use Exec Order to Block RGGI Carbon Tax). After reviewing the law that was passed, Youngkin now says yeah, he really does have the power to undo RGGI after all...

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