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- Comments Submitted to OMB in Support of the Social Cost of Carbon – Policy Integrity submitted comments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) voicing our support for the Administration’s continued use of the social cost of carbon (SCC) as it provides an important, if conservative, estimate of the costs of climate change and the benefits of reducing carbon pollution.
- ‘Social Cost’ of Carbon Emissions Rising but Still Underestimated, Experts Warn – …$37 per tonne of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere, according to an updated estimate by the U.S. government. The Obama administration’s cost-of-carbon figure has been put to use in a variety of ways, including to justify energy efficiency rules put out by the Department of Energy, said Richard Revesz,…
- Social Cost of Carbon Deadline Spurs Clash of Ideas – …administration’s estimate for the social cost of carbon before the public comment period ended. In a conference call, Institute for Policy Integrity Director Richard Revesz said that the fact OMB offered a public comment period on the SCC demonstrated that the administration had “bent over backward” to give parties on…
- Social Cost of Carbon Figure Too Low to Reflect Harms, Environmental Groups Say – …science that produced a social cost of carbon figure that is too conservative, environmental groups said Feb. 26. “This estimate should be regarded as the lower bound on the true number,” Richard Revesz, director of the Institute for Policy Integrity at the New York University School of Law, told reporters.…
- February Newsletter – February at Policy Integrity: Comments on social cost of carbon; Supreme Court hearing on EPA authority; Collaboration with EU Regulatory Policy Clinic in Paris; On the Docket: Comments on new source standards; In the News: Richard Revesz on E&E TV; Spotlight on Alumni: Martha Roberts.
- ‘Social Cost of Carbon’ Too Low, Report Says – …much a ton of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere costs, including decreased agricultural productivity, damage from rising sea levels and harm to human health related to climate change. The Obama administration updated that figure, known as the “social cost of carbon,” in November. But a report released Thursday argues…
- White House Underestimated Carbon’s Social Cost—Analysis – The Obama administration’s controversial social cost of carbon underestimates the economic damage done by carbon dioxide emissions by ignoring some of warming’s effects on health and resource availability, according to a report released today by New York University’s Institute for Policy Integrity, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Environmental…
- Cost of Carbon Greatly Underestimated: Report – Carbon dioxide emissions are causing the climate to change and those changes come with a real cost. The big questions are what’s the price tag for that “social” cost and when does it gets paid? According to a new report, current best estimates could actually be on the low end…
- Omitted Damages: What’s Missing from the Social Cost of Carbon – The social cost of carbon is an estimate of the economic damage done by each ton of carbon dioxide spewed into the air. Howard examines the Integrated Assessment Models used to produce the social cost of carbon estimate and gives a comprehensive review of what each model accounts for and…
- Social Cost of Carbon Figure Doesn’t Quantify Some Harms Posed by Warming, Report Says – The federal government’s revised social cost of carbon figure is too low to adequately capture several social and economic harms posed by climate change, environmental groups said in a report released March 13. The $37 per metric ton figure that federal agencies use to calculate the impact of climate change…