Court Pulls Pennsylvania out of RGGI Climate Plan

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Court Pulls Pennsylvania out of RGGI Climate Plan
A household electric meter on Feb. 3, 2023. Beth Brelje/The Epoch Times
Beth Brelje
Beth Brelje
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When former Gov. Tom Wolf agreed to put Pennsylvania into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) without involving the Legislature, it was a violation of the Pennsylvania Constitution, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court said in a Wednesday decision that prevents the state from joining the plan.

But the possibility of joining RGGI is not dead yet. There are murmurs in the Capitol in Harrisburg that the decision may be appealed.

Beth Brelje
Beth Brelje
Reporter
Beth Brelje is a former reporter with The Epoch Times. Ms. Brelje previously worked in radio for 20 years and after moving to print, worked at Pocono Record and Reading Eagle.
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