Source: Greg Barnes, NORTH CAROLINA NEWS, 6/21/21


A rulemaking petition aimed at reducing heat-trapping carbon dioxide emissions from North Carolina’s power plants has made its way to the full N.C. Environmental Management Commission. On Tuesday, the commissions’ Air Quality Committee recommended that the full commission approve joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative — or RGGI — a cooperative effort among 11 states from Maine to Virginia that use the initiative to cap and reduce power sector carbon dioxide pollution.

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