November 14, 2025 | 5:00 AM
Democrats sacrifice climate program for $50.1B Pa. budget agreement
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative would have capped the amount of carbon that companies in Pennsylvania are allowed to emit.
Commonwealth Court said the Department of Environmental Protection did not have the constitutional authority to collect revenue from the program.
Gov. Tom Wolf ordered the review, but it will be up to new Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration to take any action.
Pennsylvania finished regulations to join a carbon-trading program and to limit oil and gas site emissions in 2022.