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September 10, 2021
Meeting to consider a concurrent resolution disapproving of the Environmental Quality Board regulations on a CO2 Budget Trading Program
Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee | Tuesday, September 14, 2021 | 11:00 a.m. | North Office Building, Hearing Room #1 [Read More]
August 31, 2021
IRRC to Consider Governor’s Proposed Carbon Tax on Electricity
The Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) will meet at 10 a.m., Wednesday, September 1, in Harrisburg to consider the Governor’s mandate that Pennsylvania join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), according to Senator Joe Pittman. [Read More]
August 20, 2021
Public hearing on invasive species in rural Pennsylvania
Center for Rural PA | Tuesday, August 24, 2021 | 10:00 a.m. | Virtual Participation via Zoom [Read More]
August 18, 2021
Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee Votes to Urge IRRC Disapproval of Carbon Tax Plan
The Pennsylvania Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, chaired by Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23), today approved sending a letter urging the Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) to disapprove the “CO2 Budget Trading Program,” proposed regulation – #7-559 (IRRC #3274). [Read More]
August 18, 2021
CO2 Budget Trading Program (RGGI)
VIDEO: Remarks of Senator Gene Yaw at a Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee meeting to consider a letter to IRRC disapproving of Reg #7-559 regarding a CO2 Budget Trading Program (RGGI). Senator Yaw is the chair of the committee. [Read More]
August 13, 2021
Meeting to consider a letter to IRRC disapproving of Reg #7-559 regarding a CO2 Budget Trading Program (RGGI)
Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee | Wednesday, August 18 at 10 a.m. | Main Capitol, Room 461 [Read More]
July 13, 2021
Yaw Blasts Panel Vote to Raise Consumer Electric Rates, Send Jobs Out of PA
State Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23), chairman of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, issued the following statement criticizing the Environmental Quality Board’s (EQB) vote to approve Governor Wolf’s plan for Pennsylvania to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a consortium of states that impose a carbon tax on electricity production and require fossil fuel generators to purchase allowances. [Read More]
June 21, 2021
Meeting to consider SB 717, SB 718, SB 765, and SR 139
Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee | Wednesday, June 23, 2021 9:30 a.m. | Senate Chamber and Virtual Participation | [Read More]
June 17, 2021
Sen. Yaw Welcomes Rev. Glen Bayly to Capitol for Senate Invocation
Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23) welcomed the Rev. Glen Bayly and his wife Darlene of Union County to the state Capitol on Tuesday. [Read More]