Pennsylvania Loses Climate Champion Greg Vitali — SkimNews
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- Greg Vitali, identified as Pennsylvania’s climate champion, attended an October hearing that might have been his last as chair of the House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection committee.
- Vitali, a long-time Democratic state representative, showed little interest in the occasion, furrowing his brow during the hearing rather than “soaking it all in.”
Why it matters: Pennsylvania lawmakers are losing a long-time Democratic climate champion after an October hearing that might have been his final one as committee chair. The material change is leadership continuity: a veteran Democrat associated with the climate portfolio is no longer the chamber’s established chair, leaving environmental oversight without its familiar Democratic leader.
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