Bloomberg Law
July 25, 2022, 6:29 PM UTCUpdated: July 25, 2022, 7:55 PM UTC

Judge Reinstates Order Blocking Pa. From Climate Group (1)

Stephen Lee
Stephen Lee
Reporter

A Pennsylvania judge on Monday reinstated his earlier preliminary injunction against outgoing Gov. Tom Wolf’s (D) planned entry into an 11-state pact to address greenhouse gas emissions.

The order from Judge Michael H. Wojcik of Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court again stops the state from implementing, administering, or enforcing a final rulemaking that would put Pennsylvania into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

Wojcik’s July 8 order had been temporarily on hold pending appeals from Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection and Environmental Quality Board. That ruling was then automatically stayed, which happens in Pennsylvania whenever an injunction is issued against a state governmental ...

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