On June 8, Gov. Tom Wolf said at a press conference on an unrelated issue he will veto House Bill 2025 (Struzzi-R- Indiana) which would take away DEP’s authority to enact any program to reduce carbon pollution emissions.
The Governor said DEP’s proposal to reduce carbon pollution emissions from power plants and join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is a common sense, market-based way of addressing climate change.
The House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee is scheduled to consider the bill on June 9. Read more here.
On June 8, the Pennsylvania Environmental Council and Environmental Defense Fund wrote to members of the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee urging them to oppose House Bill 2025 (Struzzi-R- Indiana) to take away DEP’s authority to enact any program to reduce carbon pollution emissions.
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[Posted: June 8, 2020] PA Environment Digest
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