New Jersey May Join Climate Group Christie Opted Against
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New Jersey would rejoin nine U.S. Northeast states in a market to reduce greenhouse gas emissions if it musters enough votes to pass legislation that Governor Chris Christie has vetoed twice.
Assembly Utilities Chairman Upendra Chivukula will introduce a bill to rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, he said in an interview June 26. Christie pulled the state out of the group, known as RGGI, in May 2011, saying it didn’t protect the environment and was an unnecessary tax on consumers.