Climate federalism:
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) signed an executive order on Tuesday directing regulators to formulate rules cracking down on electricity sector carbon emissions.
The order requires state officials to convene a working group on carbon emissions and issue a report by the end of the year on potential regulations to limit power plant greenhouse gases.
Any final regulation, according to the order, should be “trading ready” in case the state decides to enter a regional carbon pollution trading program in the future.
via thehill.com
Gov. McAuliffe is not up for reelection in 2017 but I read somewhere that another Democrat is likely to win. This makes me more optimistic that climate policy might survive the Trump Administration.
