Clean Air Council v. Commonwealth

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT

CLEAN AIR COUNCIL, EARTHWORKS, : No. 59 MAP 2024 CITIZENS FOR PENNSYLVANIA'S : FUTURE, PROTECT PT, AND SIERRA : Appeal from the order of the CLUB, : Commonwealth Court, 379 MD : 2023, dated July 1, 2024 :

v. :

: :

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE : COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL : PROTECTION, ENVIRONMENTAL : QUALITY BOARD, AND JESSICA : SHIRLEY IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITIES : AS INTERIM ACTING SECRETARY OF : THE DEPARTMENT OF : ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND : CHAIR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL : QUALITY BOARD, :

: :

APPEAL OF: PENNSYLVANIA SENATE : MAJORITY LEADER SENATOR JOE : PITTMAN, THE PENNSYLVANIA SENATE : REPUBLICAN CAUCUS, PENNSYLVANIA : HOUSE MINORITY LEADER : REPRESENTATIVE JESSE TOPPER, AND : THE PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE : REPUBLICAN CAUCUS, POSSIBLE : INTERVENORS :

ORDER

PER CURIAM DECIDED: August 4, 2025 AND NOW, this 4th day of August, 2025, the Appellees’ Application for Relief in the

Form of a Motion to Quash Appeal for Lack of Jurisdiction is DENIED, and the order of

the Commonwealth Court is AFFIRMED.

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