The Wolf administration plans to sign a memorandum of understanding, along with six other states, to commit to a regional CO2 transport infrastructure plan.

According to a news release Thursday, Pennsylvania will be joined on the memorandum by Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Montana, Oklahoma and Wyoming.

“My administration is committed to ensuring that we comprehensively address climate change, and that includes taking steps that will protect our environment while investing in our clean energy industries, which provide many Pennsylvanians with quality family-sustaining jobs,” Gov. Tom Wolf said in the release.

The latest move comes on the heels of Wolf vetoing House Bill 2025, which demanded he include the legislature’s involvement in the decision to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

The signed memorandum does not directly relate to the initiative, but both moves deal with reducing CO2.

According to the memorandum, the involved states recognize the development of regional and national CO2 transport networks, and they will incentivize carbon capture from industrial facilities and power plants by offering tax credits and other financial incentives.

The incentives would be intended for the target industries to build infrastructure that takes CO2 from ambient air through direct air capture.

The administration also hopes the new infrastructure would reduce net carbon emissions, but it would also support long-term production and use of natural resources.

About 5,200 miles of CO2 pipelines are safely operating today in 11 states.

The signatory states will decide on an action plan that will include state and regional policy recommendations related to CO2 transport infrastructure deployment.

The release of the action plan is set for October 2021.