Virginia Finalizes RGGI Membership As Pennsylvania’s Wolf Spars With GOP

After years of back-and-forth on whether it will join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), Virginia regulators have finalized a rule allowing the state to join the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic power sector cap-and-trade program, expanding the market’s reach into the South. At the same time, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) is touting the benefits of joining the carbon trading program, sparring with the state’s Republican-controlled legislature that is seeking to block the coal-heavy Keystone State from participating. Virginia will formally...