Pennsylvania

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Capital Research, November/December 2021
In the November/December 2021 issue of Capital Research magazine, learn about groups pushing ranked-choice voting, environmentalists’ destructive efforts to force consumers to move away from fossil fuels to electric power…
by CRC Staff on December 17, 2021

Labor Watch
Philly Union Boss Johnny Doc Convicted
Earlier this week, justice was done on some of the 116 counts, as a federal jury convicted Philadelphia union boss John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty and Councilor Bobby Henon (D-6th District)…
by Michael Watson on November 19, 2021

Featured Items, Green Watch
Tom Wolf’s Proposed Climate Catastrophe
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) is on the precipice of deciding whether Pennsylvania should join the Regional Green Gas Initiative (RGGI), a multistate “cap and trade” agreement that sets limits…
by CRC Staff on October 28, 2021

Green Watch
Climate Change Regulations in Pennsylvania: No Discernable Benefits
What happens next in Pennsylvania’s legal and legislative battles over proposed climate change regulations will largely depend on who controls the narrative about carbon dioxide emissions and their impact. Since…
by Kevin Mooney on September 10, 2021

Green Watch
Climate Change Regulations in Pennsylvania: Disputing the Official Findings and Data
In July 2021, the CO2 Coalition, a Virginia-based nonprofit of roughly 70 scientists, released a new report that disputes the findings of Pennsylvania’s 2018 Climate Action Report, which Gov. Wolf…
by Kevin Mooney on September 10, 2021

Green Watch
Climate Change Regulations in Pennsylvania: Green Activism in Pennsylvania
What exactly is the point of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) if it’s not going to impact the climate? The answers involve political influence, government power, well-endowed special interests,…
by Kevin Mooney on September 10, 2021

Green Watch
Climate Change Regulations in Pennsylvania: Carbon Taxes and Constitutional Questions
A political and state constitutional fight is brewing over Pennsylvania's entry into Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. One line of argument is that the governor and the regulatory commission do not…
by Kevin Mooney on September 10, 2021

Green Watch
Behind Pennsylvania’s “Green” Activists: Pennsylvania’s Big Funders
Pennsylvania is the main battlefield in the environmental Left’s effort to “green” the country with radical policies that promise to raise the cost of electricity, household appliances, and grocery bills—all…
by Hayden Ludwig, Kevin Mooney on June 2, 2021

Green Watch
Behind Pennsylvania’s “Green” Activists: PennFuture
PennFuture and Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania form a 501(c)(3)-501(c)(4) pair of activist nonprofits that aim to totally wipe out the state’s reliance on coal, natural gas, and oil, which it…
by Hayden Ludwig, Kevin Mooney on June 2, 2021

Green Watch
Behind Pennsylvania’s “Green” Activists: PEC and PennEnvironment
The Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC) is a lobbying group with roots in the radical environmental movement of the early 1970s. The group was founded in 1970 to combat “the ravages…
by Hayden Ludwig, Kevin Mooney on June 2, 2021