Gov. Shapiro is offering his own version of a controversial program to limit climate-warming pollution from power plants and is setting new goals for renewable energy.
A House committee passed a disapproval resolution for the rule. The House and Senate now have a deadline to send disapproval resolutions to the governor, who can veto them.
The Wolf administration hopes to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative by early 2022. Pennsylvania would be the first major fossil fuel-producing to put a price on carbon.
The Wolf administration hopes to join the cap-and-trade program in early 2022. DEP estimates it will prevent 97-227 million tons of carbon emissions from power plants through 2030 and raise $131-187 million annually.