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Environmental groups are expressing disappointment today after Virginia’s Air Pollution Control Board voted to withdraw the state from RGGI – the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. That coalition of 11 states is committed to reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and methane – gases that are driving climate change. Sandy Hausman reports on why the board wanted out and what will happen next.
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