Clever Move: PA Republicans Ask Dem AG Shapiro to Block Carbon Tax

The very last line of defense against completely destroying Pennsylvania's coal industry and mortally wounding its Marcellus Shale industry happens in 2022 when Pennsylvanians select their next governor. Current Gov. Tom Wolf is attempting to force his state, against the wishes of the state legislature, to enter the so-called Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), an obscene tax on carbon. If Republicans win the governorship next year it gives them the opportunity to overturn Wolf's carbon tax. If Democrat Josh Shapiro, the current Attorney General, wins, it's all over for coal and soon thereafter for the Marcellus Shale industry.

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