Court blocks Pennsylvania’s carbon emissions plan
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM
Associated Press
A state court has blocked Pennsylvania from participating in a regional carbon pricing program to combat climate change.
Commonwealth Court ruled Friday in favor of coal-related interests that argue the administration of Gov. Tom Wolf is seeking to impose an unlawful tax.
The court granted a preliminary injunction that prohibits the Wolf administration from “implementing, administering, or enforcing” the carbon-pricing policy.
Wolf made Pennsylvania the first major fossil fuel state to adopt a carbon pricing policy meant to curb power plants’ emissions of planet-warming carbon dioxide.
The Wolf administration says it will appeal to the state Supreme Court.
