AP: NJ to pull out of greenhouse gas initiative

[The Northerner]

TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is planning to exit a 10-state regional greenhouse gas program.

Two people who have been briefed on Christie's plan say the governor believes the program has been ineffective.

The people spoke on condition of anonymity so as not to upstage the governor's announcement, expected at a news conference on Thursday.

New Jersey has been in the program reduce carbon dioxide pollution in the Northeast since 2008.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110526/ap_on_re_us/us_christie_cap_and_trade

[rfranklin]

1. Gee, never would have expected that of our flatulent governor...

He's a toxic waste site wherever he goes.

[GodlessBiker]

2. He's holding a news conference to announce this? I thought this was the kind of ...

embarrassing thing one did in the dead of night.

[monmouth]

3. And he's governor of "The Garden State"...Irony....n/t

[VWolf]

4. Trust me - he wouldn't understand irony

if it bit him in his rather girthy derriere.

[damntexdem]

5. Christie should be charged with a crime against humanity ...

for this alone.