Gov. Glenn Youngkin‘s opposition to a multi-state effort to cut greenhouse gases costs Virginia about $150 million a year even after the General Assembly boosted funding for flood control efforts, House of Delegates Democrats say.
In addition, they said Youngkin’s veto of a bill that would have let the state tap federal funds for loans with low interest rates to finance clean energy projects, investments in reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and similar efforts will cost Virginia still more.
Youngkin said from the start of his term that he wanted Virginia out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which the state left as of the end of last year.
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