Pennsylvania Democrats Agree To Abandon RGGI As Virginia Eyes Return

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) and legislative Democrats agreed to abandon the state’s long-stalled effort to join a regional carbon trading market for the power sector, in part to resolve a months-long budget stalemate with Republicans, while at the same time the incoming Democratic governor of Virginia is pledging to rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Shapiro’s decision is prompting fierce backlash from environmental groups, though conservatives see the move to scrap the Keystone State’s participation in RGGI as...