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Wolf Says Pa. Will Stick To Clean Power Plan Despite Supreme Court Ruling

Gov. Tom Wolf
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Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf says the state will continue its plans to cut carbon emissions. That's despite a surprise move by the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday that put a hold on Obama's initiative to force states to cut greenhouse gas emissions. 

Pennsylvania has been on target to comply with the federal Clean Power Plan, and its target of reducing emissions 32 percent by 2030.

In the meantime, 27 other states opposed to the plan have challenged it in court. The Supreme Court has halted any further implementation of the plan until the court battle is over.

Abby Foster represents the Pennsylvania Coal Alliance, which opposes the Clean Power Plan.

"Hopefully this will cause some pause from the Wolf Administration," Foster said. "And for them to consider the fact that this is a historic decision from the Supreme Court to even stay a regulation and they should take that into account especially since Pennsylvania is in the top three in the nation for electricity generation and production."

A spokesman for the Wolf Administration says it is keeping an eye on the legal process but the state will continue its efforts on the Clean Power Plan.

Susan Phillips tells stories about the consequences of political decisions on people's every day lives. She has worked as a reporter for WHYY since 2004. Susan's coverage of the 2008 Presidential election resulted in a story on the front page of the New York Times. In 2010 she traveled to Haiti to cover the earthquake. That same year she produced an award-winning series on Pennsylvania's natural gas rush called "The Shale Game." Along with her reporting partner Scott Detrow, she won the 2013 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Journalism Award for her work covering natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania. She has also won several Edward R. Murrow awards for her work with StateImpact. She recently returned from a year as at MIT as a Knight Science Journalism Fellow. A graduate of Columbia School of Journalism, she earned her Bachelor's degree in International Relations from George Washington University.
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