Call for New Jersey Governor to Repay $65 Million to Carbon Fund

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http://www.truthout.org/call-new-jersey-governor-repay-65-million-carbon-fund/1307035399

Last year New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie diverted an estimated $65 million from the state's Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) revenues to help balance a $10.7 billion budget.

Now that the governor has pulled the state from the regional carbon trading pact, some RGGI supporters are suggesting he should pay back the clean energy funds.

"Morally, should it be replaced? Absolutely," Assemblyman John McKeon told SolveClimate News, noting that legally the governor is not required to do so.

Last Thursday, after months of speculation, Christie announced that he would withdraw New Jersey from the nation's first cap-and-trade scheme, which he called a failure and an ineffective approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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