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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]

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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]

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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]

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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]

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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]

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June 15, 2021

Sen. Yaw: Senate Approves Bill Requiring Legislative Approval for Joining RGGI

The state Senate yesterday (June 14) approved, by a solid 35-15 bipartisan, veto-proof vote, a bill that would require Legislative approval of the Governor’s proposal to have Pennsylvania join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Yaw AUDIO  [Read More]

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June 14, 2021

Meeting to consider SB 284, SB 302, and SB 545

Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee | Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 12:30 pm | Senate Chamber and Virtual Participation   [Read More]

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June 7, 2021

Senate Agriculture Committee Approves Yaw Conservation Assistance Bill

Legislation creating a new Agricultural Conservation Assistance Program was unanimously approved today by the Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, according to Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23) who prime sponsored the bill. Listen  [Read More]

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May 10, 2021

Public hearing to SB 275 (Energy Choice Legislation)

Joint Hearing Senate Local Government and Environmental Resources and Energy Committee | Tuesday, May 11, 2021 | 10 a.m. | Senate Chamber (and Virtual Participation) |    [Read More]

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May 7, 2021

Public hearing to discuss SB 284 – bonding of solar and wind installations

Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Environmental Resources and Energy Committees | Wednesday, May 12, 2021 | 9:00 a.m. | Senate Chamber (and Virtual Participation) |    [Read More]

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