Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

     

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

    Climate change is becoming more and more of an issue, and Governor Wolf knows this. This is why he is taking step to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. This is to help lower emission from power plants. Nine other states have agreed to also set up this program. New Jersey and Virginia are also planning on joining within the next two years. If power plants go over a certain level they would have to start paying allowances. “a low-cost solution to a very high-cost problem of climate change” Pennsylvania is the fourth biggest carbon polluter. If we don't pull ourselves together there will be really big issues coming soon. It is scary how bigger businesses aren't responding to trying to save the environment. Now states are being forced to create a limit on how much emissions can go into the air. It is just sorta sad to me. If things aren't getting fixed now soon the world is just going to parish and we will all think we could have done more to help out. I also didn't even realize that Pennsylvania was the fourth biggest carbon polluter in the states. That is just insane to me. 


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  1. AnonymousOctober 12, 2020 at 12:46 PM

    I also didn't know that PA is the 4th highest carbon polluter in the US. That just makes it even more important for us to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, along with any other plans that focus on fixing the climate change issue. Along with government level steps that should be taken, we should also think about how we, as individuals, can cut back on our daily carbon emissions. We're going to have to really prioritize fixing climate change if we want to have any chance fixing the damage we've caused.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 16, 2020 at 1:29 PM

    I feel that for this plan to be successful, every nation needs to be involved. The United Stated could put limits on the levels of gasses released into the air on US soil, but what about other countries? A large company could easily meet their limits and then start a project to build another factory in another country where there are no limitations. This plan could work, but more people need to be involved.

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