Judge Reinstates Order Blocking Pa. From Climate Group
A Pennsylvania judge on Monday reinstated his earlier preliminary injunction against outgoing Gov. Tom Wolf’s (D) planned entry into an 11-state pact to address greenhouse gas emissions.
The order from Judge Michael H. Wojcik of Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court again stops the state from implementing, administering, or enforcing a final rulemaking that would put Pennsylvania into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
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