The Climate Refugees, You Think This Is Something?

Pennsylvania has been trying for four years to join the regional greenhouse gas initiative, a consordium of states that agree to tax power plants and funnel revenues into cleaner energy sources. republicans in harrisburg have blocked him, arguing that the estimated 410 million dollars in taxes on the state's power plants would be passed on to consumers. Opponents also worry about the implications of pennsylvania, which produces more natural gas than any state except texas,. joining a group that levies extraordinary taxes on fossil fuels. Another state that relies heavily on oil and gas production, colorado i sharply increasing regulatory oversight of the industry at enormous costs.