HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled House of Representatives moved Wednesday to ensure that it can block Gov. Tom Wolf from imposing a price on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants as part of a multi-state effort, although the bill is destined for a veto.

Wolf, a Democrat, has made joining the 10-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI, a centerpiece of his strategy to fight climate change in a major carbon-polluting state by setting a price and declining limits on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

If Wolf is successful, Pennsylvania would become the first major fossil fuel state to adopt a carbon pricing policy. But it is opposed by lawmakers who are historically protective of Pennsylvania’s coal and natural gas industries.

Republicans joined with 26 Democrats from western and northern Pennsylvania, as well as Democrats aligned with blue-collar labor unions, to pass the bill, 130-71. The vote, however, fell six votes short of a veto-proof majority after four Republicans from southeastern Pennsylvania joined most Democrats in opposition to it.

Under the bill, legislative approval is required to join the consortium, after six months of public comment and four public hearings on the governor’s proposed legislation.

The bill’s proponents said that imposing a price, or a “tax,” on carbon would devastate coal and natural gas jobs and businesses in their communities, including the home-grown economies that support those industries. They also questioned the legality of RGGI.

Opponents said the bill was designed to kill the effort to join RGGI and that the consortium’s cap-and-trade program would inject new life into Pennsylvania’s economy by prioritizing energy efficiency and cleaner energies.