PA DEP Tries to Short Circuit Commonwealth Court Block of Carbon Tax

Last Tuesday, Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court ruled that Gov. Tom Wolf’s obscene carbon tax, called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), will not go into effect until “pending further order of the court” (see Yes! PA Commonwealth Court Blocks RGGI Carbon Tax Regs…for Now). In an attempt to short circuit and circumvent Commonwealth Court and the lawsuit playing out there, the Secretary of the PA Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP), Pat McDonnell, followed Gov. Wolf's orders and appealed the ruling directly to the Democrats of the PA Supreme Court. McDonnell's lawsuit claims Commonwealth Court erred as a matter of law because it didn't bother to hold a hearing to listen to McDonnell blather on about global warming nonsense and the urgent need to "do something" via an obscene carbon tax (RGGI).

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