Climate Pact Becomes GOP Target in Purple Pennsylvania, Virginia

Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania have kick-started an aggressive campaign to undo the state’s pending entry into a regional climate pact that already has 11 member states.

Their effort, expected to unfold in stages through mid-April, comes at a time when Republicans in another closely watched purple state—Virginia—are also trying to pull out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

The outcome in either state could also ripple through others weighing whether to join RGGI. North Carolina took its first regulatory steps to join in July 2021, and the state’s Department of Environmental Quality is working on analyses required for ...