Phil Murphy reverses Christie and brings Jersey back into climate change pact

[JustAnotherGen]

Well done sir. Keep piling on!

By Brent Johnson and Michael Sol Warren
NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

Reversing yet another policy of predecessor Chris Christie, Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday announced he's returning New Jersey to a regional pact designed to fight climate change.

Murphy, a Democrat, signed an executive order to begin putting New Jersey back into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a multi-state cap-and-trade agreement that Christie, a Republican, shunned as "gimmicky."

"Leaving RGGI, as it is called by most, made us an outlier in our own neighborhood," Murphy said during a news conference at the SeaStreak ferry in Highlands. "It signaled a retreat from a comprehensive and collaborate effort to curb the carbon emissions that contributed to climate change."

"It was a decision that, frankly, lacked any common sense," he added about Christie's 2012 move to pull New Jersey out of the pact.

This kind of thing really gets up in the grill of Republicants that have their heads stuck up their asses.

[padah513]

1. We finally have a Governor here

The problem is that Chrispy left such a deep hole. I hope he's friends with Jerry Brown in CA and can get some pointers. Brown's plan worked out great for his state.

[JustAnotherGen]

2. Me too - on Brown

From my interactions with Phil . . . He's successful because he listens to others and learns. Going back to early early last year when he was trying to capture the county party endorsements - he listens, he alters, he tweaks, he includes.

Reach out to him - even on his FB page!