Assembly Environment Vice Chair John F. McKeon announced that he would continue to push for the State's participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), following the recent verdict by the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court that Gov. Christie broke the law when he pulled New Jersey from under the regulations governing RGGI and disregarded the need for public input and a legislative response.
Environment New Jersey and the National Resources Defense Council recently won a court challenge that the Christie administration unilaterally and illegally removed New Jersey from the regulations governing RGGI, a regional program to reduce carbon pollutions limits. The court ruled that the administration must seek public comment on the decision to withdraw the state from RGGI regulations and that it has 60 days to start the process.
