Republican Governors Fighting Pollution In Northeast
Republican Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. (MD) recently added Maryland as the eighth northeast state to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. The collective agreement commits participating states to drastically reduce pollution from power plants that produce smog, acid rain and harmful ozone, while capping emissions of CO2. It is interesting to note that the RGGI was initiated by Republican Governor George E. Pataki in 2003. Today, of the eight participating states, four are led by Republican Governors: NY, MD, CT, and VT. These Republican governors understand that long term costs of uncontrolled pollution far outweighs the short term costs of producing cleaner energy. National republicans ought to follow their lead in developing national energy and pollution reduction policies.
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