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Gov. Wolf’s Budget Proposes Boosting Staff for Environmental Protection

Susan PhillipsFebruary 4, 2020

DEP and DCNR would get 25 new staff each. It’s the first time proposed spending from the general fund for environmental protection has risen above $165.6 million in 25 years.

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Gov. Wolf Plans for Pennsylvania to Join a Regional Effort to Cut Carbon Emissions

Susan PhillipsOctober 4, 2019

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative requires power plants to pay for their emissions. Wolf bypassed the legislature with an executive order.

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Pa Lawmakers Propose a cap-and-trade system to cut carbon emissions

WHYYSeptember 5, 2019

The bill would slash carbon emissions at least 90 percent by 2040. But it could take years before it has a chance of passing.

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Trump Ditches Obama’s signature climate policy aimed at cutting coal emissions

Susan PhillipsJune 19, 2019

The new rule will help coal power plants remain open and is expected to hamper efforts to cut carbon emissions.

Climate ChangeEnergy

Climate Change: A Crisis for Humanity, But Not Such a Big Deal in the PA Governor’s Race

Marie CusickOctober 26, 2018

They at least acknowledge that climate change is real. Wolf hasn't followed up with climate pledges from his first campaign and Wagner says there's not much the governor can do.

Climate ChangePolitics

R.I.P., CPP? Clean Energy Trend Likely To Continue Despite Trump’s Clean Power Repeal

Glynis BoardDecember 11, 2017

Environmentalists protest the Trump administration's move to cancel the plan that reduces carbon emissions from power plants. But states and energy companies are moving forward with their own renewable energy plans.

Climate ChangeEnergy

The Intermountain Power Plant is a coal-fired power plant in Delta, Utah and provides 80 percent of its electricity to the city of Los Angeles. Photo: Matt Hintsa via Flickr

Inside Obama’s Clean Power Plan

Reid FrazierAugust 6, 2015

Earlier this month, President Obama released the widely anticipated Clean Power Plan, calling it the single most important step America has ever taken in the fight against climate change.

Climate ChangeEnergyFuture of Coal

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What Pennsylvania voters say about the environment

Longtime environmental official on Pennsylvania election results: People will need to be ‘as tenacious as the industry’

What can we expect from a Trump administration? Our reporters weigh in.

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