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Pennsylvania High Court to Consider Plan to Make Power Plants Pay for Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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The state is barred from joining a regional climate program while an appeals court decides if participation complies with Pennsylvania law.

StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Rachel McDevitt reports the state Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on whether to end that pause—marking the first time the issue was presented to the court.

Read the full story here.

(Original air-date: 5/25/23)

Rachel McDevitt is a reporter for StateImpact Pennsylvania at WITF. Rachel joined WITF in 2017 as the host of All Things Considered. She previously reported for WITF’s Radio Pennsylvania Network, where her work earned the National Association of State Radio Network’s award for best feature two years in a row. The western Pennsylvania native started her journalism career with the CBS affiliate in Bridgeport, West Virginia. Rachel is a graduate of Temple University.