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Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration wants the centerpiece of the Democrat’s plan to fight climate change to take effect immediately, but it's being held up in a legal dispute with the Republican-controlled Legislature.
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The Attorney General’s office has signed off on a rule that would let the state join a regional program to cut emissions from power plants.
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Pennsylvania could join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative early next year. But the effort has pitted Democrats and Republicans against each other.
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Republicans and some Democrats who represent energy-rich parts of the state say RGGI will kill jobs and hurt Pennsylvania’s status as an energy leader.
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Josh Shapiro, the Democratic candidate for governor, is breaking with Gov. Tom Wolf on the centerpiece of Wolf's plan to fight climate change amid the pushback it has received from influential building trades unions.
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A new study from Penn State shows Pennsylvania could avoid billions of dollars in health damages by joining a regional cap and trade program targeting power plant emissions.
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Gov. Tom Wolf won approval this week to impose carbon pricing on power plants. But environmental advocates say it comes after Wolf’s administration empowered the methane-emitting natural gas industry, and they say he has enough time left in office to score farther-reaching accomplishments.
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After nearly two years of criticizing Gov. Tom Wolf for bypassing the legislature with his plan to join a regional cap-and-trade program, lawmakers can finally try to stop the process through the regulatory system.
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Pennsylvania is nearing the finish line in an effort to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative after a vote from a key oversight board Wednesday.
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The centerpiece of Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to fight climate change will confront its last regulatory hurdle in a fight pitting Democrats, nuclear power plant owners and the renewable energy sector against Republicans, fossil fuel-plant owners, blue-collar labor unions and heavy industry.