Pennsylvania Lawmakers Vote to Pull Out of Regional Carbon Pact

The Pennsylvania Senate voted 32-18 on Wednesday to deny the state’s entry into a carbon trading program among a group of mostly Northeastern states.

But Gov. Tom Wolf (D) is expected to veto the resolution of disapproval if it should also pass the House, where it now moves. Both chambers would then have to overcome the veto with two-thirds supermajority votes.

• The compact, known as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, brings together 11 states to cap and bring down carbon emissions from the power sector.
• Pennsylvania’s entry into RGGI is especially critical because the state is among the nation’s largest ...