Virginia Democrats celebrate environmental wins, say they’ll still fight to stay in RGGI

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Delegate Michael Feggans, Majority Leader Charniele Herring, Delegates Alfonso Lopez, Debra Gardner and Rip Sullivan at a press conference at the General Assembly Building. (Credit: Brad Kutner / Radio IQ)

Virginia first entered the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in 2020, and it’s added over $800 million dollars to state efforts to combat climate change.

While Governor Glenn Youngkin has tried to pull the state out of the agreement, Democrats said Tuesday they managed to still achieve some environmental wins despite RGGI cuts. Brad Kutner has more from Richmond.