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Rob Mercuri: “Governor Wolf unilaterally entered into an intrastate…”

Featuring: Rob Mercuri, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. House Pennsylvania, District 17

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Rob Mercuri PA State House District 28 Interview Sept 6 2022 prproj

Published | Video Starts at 11:51

And so our heritage as a state is really around the energy industry. And currently the clean natural gas industry is one of the most promising sectors of our state economy. But unfortunately, what Governor Wolf unilaterally entered into an intrastate compact called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. or REGGIE for short. And what that intrastate compact did was it created a carbon tax regime over the entire energy industry and anything that produces carbon. (11:51–12:05)

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Asserts that Governor Wolf joined the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative without legislative approval.

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