PA Gov Shapiro’s Secret Energy Group Endorses RGGI Carbon Tax

Newly-elected Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro appointed a working group in April to help guide him on what he should do concerning the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) carbon tax and the broader issue of global warming (see PA Gov Appoints Secretive Group to Work on Global Warming Plan). The panel was super-secret, with only a few names for some of the participants leaking to the press (see New Details Revealed re Gov. Shapiro’s Secret Global Warming Group). The super-secret group’s work is done, and unsurprisingly, they love the idea of an RGGI-like carbon tax that would destroy gas-fired power plants in the Commonwealth.