Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Cry Wolf Quotes
[The RGGI states] are going to be shooting themselves in the foot economically and driving even more of their manufacturing base overseas.
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Douglas L. Biden, president of the Harrisburg-based Electric Power Generation Association.
Government regulation always has unintended consequences….Since it's such a big money-making proposition, I definitely mistrust the government to handle this.
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Connie Bloodgood of Andover, New Jersey citizen.
While the states signing on the dotted line will trumpet this proposal, the economic reality ... ought to be a bucket of icy cold New England water. [Now consumers will be] paying even higher prices.
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Frank Maisano, a utility industry lobbyist with Bracewell & Giuliani in Washington.
[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.
