TRENTON — The state Senate's Environment and Energy Committee will consider legislation today to force Gov. Chris Christie to stay in a multistate pact to reduce greenhouse gases blamed for global warming. New Jersey is one of 10 states participating in the program that seeks to reduce carbon dioxide pollution in the Northeast by 10 percent by 2018. But...
Gov. Christie and NJDEP commissioner Robert Martin appear at the Stehouse in this March file photo.TRENTON — The state Senate's Environment and Energy Committee will consider legislation today to force Gov. Chris Christie to stay in a multistate pact to reduce greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.
New Jersey is one of 10 states participating in the program that seeks to reduce carbon dioxide pollution in the Northeast by 10 percent by 2018.
But Christie is exiting the pact by year's end.
The Republican governor says the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative has failed to cut pollution and is expensive for taxpayers.
The Assembly Telecommunications Committee passed the measure on Thursday.
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