1. Enviros sue Christie administration for RGGI pull-out
(N.J./State)

... an immediate comment. According to the Regional Green House Gas Initiative’s website, RGGI is a regional emissions-trading program that consists of 10 northeastern states including New York, Connecticut, ...

2. 'Bipartisan' Christie shows true colors to right-wing think tank Cato Institute
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) • Cancelling the long bipartisan-supported ARC Tunnel linking New Jersey to Manhattan • Waging war on an independent judiciary • Degrading defiant Democrats ...

3. Activists give Christie a 'D' for environmental record
(N.J./State)

... he unilaterally withdrew from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) – costing New Jersey tens of millions of dollars, badly needed jobs, and more pollution.” Activists said Christie could turn ...

4. Christie’s budget attacks NJDEP and clean energy economy
(Opinion/Commentary)

... the Retail Margin Fund, RGGI and other sources. The governor is trying to balance his budget on the back of the environment by raiding the Clean Energy Fund. This means not only more pollution, but a ...

5. N.J. enviros urge Assembly to stay in RGGI, try to thwart Christie's opposition
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... in May, Gov. Chris Christie proclaimed the initiative a "failure" and began steps to remove New Jersey from the regional system. Christie previously diverted $65.2 million in RGGI revenues to fund non-energy ...

6. N.J.'s top environmental wins and roll backs in 2011
(Opinion/Commentary)

... and public access. Pulling out of RGGI Governor Christie folded to corporate polluters and Tea Party conservatives and announced that New Jersey will be pulling out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative ...

7. Global warming experts paint a bleak picture of N.J.'s future
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... fuels. RGGI has implemented a regional "cap and trade" system, which began as an attempt to create a profitable market from the otherwise costly changeover to less-polluting power sources. The United ...

8. Gov. Christie nominates BPU President Lee Solomon to Superior Court judgeship
(N.J./State)

... our environment but our economy and have undermined our ability to create clean energy jobs in New Jersey.” “When we pulled out of RGGI and dropped our renewable energy goals we saw a major drop in the ...

9. N.J., 9 other states join Northeast Electric Vehicle Network
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Charge, both of which Governor Christie has or wants to get rid of, would have helped to provide funding for electric vehicle charging stations throughout the state,” Tittel said. “By pulling out of RGGI ...

10. New report places seven New Jersey counties among nation's 20 smoggiest areas
(N.J./State)

... out of RGGI, the regional anti-pollution pact,” Fitzpatrick said. This report should be a wake-up call to the governor that air pollution is still an every-day problem that hurts the most vulnerable ...

11. Gov. Christie and Koch brothers share anti-environment agenda
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Initiative (RGGI), and the Governor pulled out of RGGI. Christie took the side of fossil fuels over renewables and energy efficiency in his revised Energy Master Plan and attacked rebates for weatherization ...

12. New Jersey can’t afford less environmental protection
(Opinion/Commentary)

... and get back to protecting our environment. Keep New Jersey in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) – Governor Christie says he wants New Jersey out of RGGI because he feels it’s a tax on business. ...

13. Energy master plan goes against clean energy
(Opinion/Commentary)

... (RGGI), Governor Christie has placed polluting fossil fuels above clean energy in the revised New Jersey Energy Master Plan (EMP) released today. The governor was a climate skeptic in October and now ...

14. Gov. Christie's energy master plan for state includes a fifth nuclear reactor
(N.J./State)

... and efficiency, which started with the Clean Energy raids last year and accelerated with the abandonment of RGGI two weeks ago, by phasing out the wildly successful Societal Benefits Charge; Expanding ...

15. Christie’s decision to withdraw state from the RGGI to be discussed on ‘New Jersey Now’
(N.J./State)

Alan Steinberg and Matt Elliott to debate issue NewJerseyNewsroom.com columnist Alan Steinberg will appear as a guest on the public affairs television show, "New Jersey Now" this Sunday, June 5 at 2:00 ...

16. RGGI Report Statistics and such
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

One concern about those stats of RGGI - the lack of net tradeoffs. For example, if renewable energy creates 18,000 jobs, what were the job losses on alternatives? Perhaps none - maybe overall demand ...

17. Pulling plug on Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative wrong decision for N.J.'s energy future
(Opinion/Commentary)

... to work hand-in-hand to curb our dangerous overreliance on fossil fuels. RGGI is a regional agreement among 10 northeast and mid-Atlantic states to implement a cap-and-trade program on carbon dioxide ...

18. Chris Christie and the environment
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... or RGGI reveals that this program is not effective in reducing greenhouse gases and is unlikely to be in the future. First, RGGI allowances were never expensive enough to change behavior as they were ...

19. Christie calls Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative a gimmick and failure
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... that participate in the initiative. "I am disappointed in Governor Christie’s decision to withdraw from RGGI (the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative) reand I reject his assertion that the initiative ...

20. Climate change, El Niño, La Niña, and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... brings more La Nina periods so perhaps last summer won't be repeated for several years. CO2 may have a lot less of an impact than models expect, so getting out of RGGI now will help encourage industry ...