Pennsylvania Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments re RGGI Carbon Tax

Yesterday, the seven members of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (five Democrats and two Republicans) heard oral arguments in a lawsuit that attempts to force PA to accept the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), an obscene carbon tax on coal- and gas-fired power plants. Former Democrat Governor Tom Wolf tried to force the state to join RGGI in 2019 (see Gov. Wolf Goes Bonkers: EO Destroying Gas-Fired Elec, Carbon Tax). His successor, Josh Shapiro (also a Democrat), doubled down and also wants to force PA into the RGGI carbon tax scheme. Republicans in the state Senate sued, claiming the legislature, not the executive branch, has the power to join or not join RGGI.

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