In private, Shapiro’s working group on climate change meets

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro introduces the Rebuilding our Workforce initiative at Lackawanna College on Thursday, March 16, 2023, in Scranton, Pa. (Jake Danna Stevens/The Times-Tribune via AP)

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The group tasked by Gov. Josh Shapiro with developing a state-level plan to fight climate change has started meeting, a step the Democrat promised to take when he criticized his predecessor’s strategy to make Pennsylvania the first major fossil fuel state to adopt a carbon-pricing policy. It met for the first time on Tuesday, unannounced. Shapiro’s office declined to identify most members of the group or discuss the instructions that the governor gave to the working group. Further, Shapiro’s office said it has given the working group no timeline to come up with recommendations, and is letting the group meet privately, without keeping public minutes of its meetings.