Parties suing over the rule allowing Pa. to join an effort among 11 states to curb CO2 from power plants will present their arguments in court this week.
The regulation allowing Pa. to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative will finally be published. But Republican lawmakers and candidates running for governor are against it.
The regulation allowing Pa. to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative was set to take effect Saturday. Republican lawmakers asked to court to stop the rule until all legal questions are resolved.
Gov. Wolf is likely to veto the measure. The House and Senate would each have 30 calendar days or 10 legislative days–whichever is longer–to try to override it.
The Senate passed a resolution disapproving the rule to allow Pa. to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas initiative. The vote was shy of a veto-proof majority. It now goes to the House.
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.
