DEP released a draft of its proposed rules for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which would require polluters to pay for their carbon emissions over a certain level.
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.
Asked about petrochemical industry emissions, the governor said he thinks Pennsylvania can have energy efficiency, environmental protection and a good economy.
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.
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.
