Pennsylvania Governor Appeals State Court’s Climate Pact Ruling

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) on Tuesday appealed to the state Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision that effectively ended the state’s bid to join a climate pact with 11 Northeastern states.

Shapiro’s action doesn’t necessarily mean he supports the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), under which states agree to cap carbon dioxide emissions of power plants and utilities must purchase allowances for those emissions.

In Shapiro’s view, the earlier decision was “limited to questions of executive authority, and our administration must appeal in order to protect that important authority for this administration and all future governors,” Manuel ...